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Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin is one of the first female writers to address female issues, Chopin declares that women are capable of overtsexuality in which they explore and enjoy their sexuality. Chopin shows thather women are capable of loving more than one man at a time. They are notonly attractive but sexually attracted (Ziff 148). Two of Chopins stories thatreflect this attitude of sexuality are The Awakening and one of her shortstories The Storm. Although critics now acclaim these two stories as greataccomplishments, Chopin has been condemned during her life for writing suchvulgar and risqu pieces. In 1899 Chopin publishes The Awakening. She iscensured for its positively unseemly theme (Kimbel 91). Due to the negativereception of The Awakening Chopin never tries to publish The Storm. Shefeels that the literary establishment can not accept her bold view of humansexuality (Kimbel 108). Chopin definitely proves to be an author way ahead ofher time.The Awakening is considered to be Chopins best work as well as aunlikely novel to be written during the 1890s in America. The Awakening is astory about a woman, Edna Pontelier, who is a conventional wife and mother. Edna experiences a spiritual awakening in the sense of independence thatchanges her life. Edna Pontellier begins her awakening at the Grand Isle when Harmon 2she is 28 years old. She has been married for ten years, and she has twochildren. This situation proves to be different from the male characters ofmost other novels because they almost always do not have to face thecomplications of marriage and parenthood to reach self-determination (Bogarad 159). Chopin is able to portray this awakening through Ednasrelationships with her husband, children, Alcee, and Robert.Kate Chopin always writes about marital instability in her fiction(Wilson 148). The first way in which Chopin is able to portray an awakening byEdna is through her relationship with her husband, Leonce. Chopin descri...

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