Kate Chopin's life is reflected “The Awakening”

Outline

In the introduction, the life of Edna is discussed in the novel. Her feminism in the 19th century and her role as a mother and a wife are the lead plot of the story. In 19th century women were seen as a possession rather a human being. Kate Chopin has portrayed a true story of an infamous woman. The study relates the life of Edna and Kate Chopin's.

In the body of the report, detailed discussion is provided on the life of Kate Chopin. She has shown how women had to face different challenges. How their free will was not accepted by their husband and society. This novel is another picture of women sacrifices where women dominance did not exist.

Concluding this paper, this is noted that times have changed now. Women have more rights and liberty than before. They are not a property and possession of someone's. Trend of working women has increased considerably. Women are independent and acceptable by society as a competent partner in every field of life.



Introduction

Consistent with the emergence of the feminist movement in the United States in recent publications gives rise to a broad, critical review by experts of women's writing. Kate Chopin has emerged as an integral part "of the great tradition of American women writers". Her interest is no longer contested today, the number of original editions with respective publishers soberly reflected. As Edna was tired and disappointed with her life; Kate was depressed in her life, too.

Death of her father, and brother at a young age followed by death of her grandmother broke her. Her husband left her early and her mother followed. This made her depressed and sober. The tragic death of her father early in her life, of her much loved brothers, the loss of her young husband and her mother, left a stamp of sadness on her who was never lost. Emotionally drained and burnt out from the losses, Kate sought comfort in the family physician, Fredrick Kolbenheyer. He told Kate to start writing as a way to release all her frustration and sadness that she felt in her life.

Creating the feminine in 'The Awakening'

The heroine of The Awakening, Edna Pontellier, was a painter in her spare time. It was inappropriate for the women of middle class to devote themselves against a lively art too seriously. They were suspected then leave out their vocation as mother and wife. In the same way, female sexuality was filled by the child and domestic life. The idea that the personal development of women was met by the fact of childbearing and in care of the house seemed quite common. In the words of Kate Chopin: "Mr Pontellier was a rather courteous husband so much that he had met a certain tacit submission. " This comment is to the fore the social expectations towards women (Denise, 100).

The representation of women in this novel appears to be factual to the gender functions of the late nineteenth century. Kate was ...