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About the Author

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Kate Chopin was born in 1851 to the well-to-do St. Louis couple Eliza and Thomas O’Flaherty. She attended a convent school, took piano and French […]

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Overview

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The Awakening opens at the summer resort of Grand Isle, a small hotel located 50 miles off of the coast of New Orleans. Grand Isle […]

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Setting

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Chopin lived in, and generally wrote about, life in the South. In The Awakening, she wrote specifically about Creole society in Louisiana. Creoles saw themselves […]

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Themes and Characters

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The Awakening tells the story of Edna Pontellier and the changes that occur in her thinking and lifestyle as the result of a summer romance. […]

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Literary Qualities

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An objective third person narrates the story of Edna Pontellier and her search for self in The Awakening. The narrator does not criticize or applaud […]

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Social Sensitivity

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The Awakening has taken on a new significance since the advent of the women’s movement. Literary debates have raged over the significance of Edna Pontellier’s […]

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Topics for Discussion

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1. Research the Creole culture. Explain how Creoles have both Spanish and French ancestry and how that ancestry affects their lifestyle. Describe the culture through […]

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Ideas for Reports and Papers

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1. Compare and contrast New Orleans’ Carondelet Street and New York’s Wall Street in 1899. Does Carondelet Street still exist? 2. Trace the history of […]