Kate Chopin

Louise Mallard vs. Eveline Calm, careful, and trapped, three adjectives that could describe the two women in these short stories. “Eveline’ by James Joyce is the story of a woman who struggles with the idea of leaving her family and going off to live with her future husband Frank. She says, “Then she would be…

Written by Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour is a short story that unveils the reaction of a woman, Mrs.Mallard, in response to receiving the news of her husband, Mr.Mallard’s death all within the span of an hour. Taking place in the late nineteenth century in the period of time where women had little…

In Kate Chopin’s “The Storm,” we see a multitude of literary themes. The most important among those is her use of local color. This short story was written in the late nineteenth century at a time when women were to be seen, not heard. Chopin had a different outlook on life and it showed in…

In Kate Chopin’s short stories, she expresses how women are unhappy with their lives and want to find a way to add passion. She brings out the essence of society in her short stories. She exposed the unfair disadvantages women had. In her short stories “The Storm” and “A Respectable Woman” Kate Chopin depicts similar…

Having an unpopular opinion that differs from society is, often times, looked down upon and is not easy to do. It requires much strength to branch away from the traditional beliefs of society and develop a new voice. Author Kate Chopin was able to create her own personal literary voice based on her unique childhood…

In Désirée’s Baby (1892), author Kate Chopin illustrates the rampant abusive racism of the antebellum south that, not only became a way of life, but was necessary for survival. Armand’s cruelty towards and abuse of his slaves, his wife, and his child, becomes his way of punishing God for allowing him to be born with…

Courage and determination can help overcome fears as described in Kate Chopin’s short story Beyond the Bayou. Courage is demonstrated by a woman named LaFolle who had suffered a traumatic experience as a child and this fear caused her to close herself off from the outside world. Traumatized by the gruesome sight of her P’tit…

Many people look at Kate Chopin’s writing as all one sided for womens’ rights. The idea of her being a woman and wanting gender equality blinds people about a more important message. This message is that all people have faults about them and that some men can be strong and some can be weak, and…

A woman out her time would be the best phrase to describe Kate Chopin. She had led the literary bandwagon of her time towards challenging traditions. Her revolutionary contributions to American fiction had earned her one of the late 19th century’s best-known and most contentious writers (Inge, 1989).  She worked distinctively on themes of love…

I personally think many authors use their own experiences to influence their work. Some do it to fight for something they truly believe in. Writers can get their inspirations from their own traumatic experiences. Kate Chopin has been a successful writer of short stories during her lifetime. During Chopin’s life and the many traumas she…