Chopin

A play by play analysis of this famous piece

Feeling bored this summer? Dust off the bookshelf and pull this book many were required to read in college but never got around to.

My review of the classical-music-centric RPG, Eternal Sonata

Writing that can cause you to inspect your own life in new ways is writing that needs to be shared.

Literature Analysis of Kate Chopin

This is a brief biography of Frederic Chopin

Exploring the differences between thrid person and first person naration and how they would alter the story.

A paper on the themes, characters, and symbols in The Storm.

This is a review which marks the negative points of Kate Chopin's book "The Awakening"

An interpretive review of Kate Chopin's short story, "Story of an Hour."

In "At the 'Cadian Ball" and "The Storm," Kate Chopin falls into the realism and regionalism realms. She is a realist through her attention to detail. She is a regionalist because of her mourning of the vanishing, idyllic past.

Society dictates that a woman must marry and become a mother, or they are to remain in the possession of their parents or other family. Outside of this realm they have no real place in society.

A commentary on the introductory passage of The Awakening with Mrs. Pontellier and Madam Ratignolle.

By comparing the ocean imagery within both Walt Whitman's poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" and Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening, I will show the two sides of the Mother-goddess - creativity and destruction.

Appliction of Jean-Paul Sartre's Guidance of the Reader Theory in Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour".

An allusion is a literary element that makes a reference to a character, setting, or imagery from another literary work. So then, a biblical allusion is an allusion that makes a reference to a character, setting, or imagery from the Bible.

Kate Chopin was born and raised in an environment that was abundant with many independent women. Never influenced by male role models, Chopin grew up to take on many controversial issues such as womanhood, wifehood, and motherhood.

Storms can disrupt people's lives but they can also bring them together. Kate Chopin's short story entails an intersting plot.

An essay discussing Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening in relation to women's fashion. Women's fashions in the 1800s represent the role women played in society.

Robert and Edna sat there on the porch together, and as they were talking Robert was rolling a cigarette. He told her that he could not afford to smoke cigars, which is why he smoked cigarettes all the time.

Mr. Pontellier came home around eleven o'clock that night, and he was in a vey good mood. Edna was asleep when he came home, but his incessant talking woke her. He told her the funny stories he had heard,

Mr. Pontellier could not pinpoint where his wife fell short as a mother, it was something he just felt. The boys never came to her when they fell down while they were playing; instead they got up and wiped

Adèle, Edna, and Robert sat together on Edna's porch often throughout the summer. Robert and Edna shared a special kind of intimacy; they often exchanged looks and smiles. Robert was always with Edna

Edna had always been lost in her own world. She knew the difference between the outer world that conforms to society's demands, and the inner world that questions everything. Adèle Ratignolle

On their walk back, Adèle asked Robert for a favor. She asked him to leave Edna alone. Robert laughed at her, and Adèle said that she was serious. He composed himself, and in a more serious tone he asked her why

One Saturday, a few weeks after Adèle and Robert's disagreement, there was an unusual amount of husbands at Grande Isle. For the occasion, Madame Lebrun had the lights in the dining hall turned up as high

It was Robert who had suggested the bath, and he directed the way. Robert walked between the lovers, in the rear of the procession. The Ratignolles and the Pontelliers led the group; Edna wondered why Robert

Out of the darkness, Mr. Pontellier asked his wife what she was doing outside at one o'clock in the morning. She didn't answer, and he drew close to her face to see if she was awake. He told her to come inside

Edna was overcome by dizziness during the service, and instead of trying to compose herself, she exited the church; Robert followed closely behind her. They went outside, they were standing in the shade

Edna walked into the dining room; she was late as usual. She sat down and began to eat her soup when several people told her that Robert was going to Mexico. She was surprised, because she had spent all morning

Edna was walking towards the beach, when Mademoiselle Reisz snuck up behind her and asked if she really missed Robert that much. Edna had been swimming a lot since the night she had learned how. Their

The Pontellier's house in New Orleans was big; it was painted white and it had green shutters. The house and the garden were up kept perfectly. Mr. Pontellier had bought for his wife only the best things for the

The next day, Lèonce had lectured the cook, and he felt pretty good about himself. He asked Edna to meet him in town; so that they could go and pick out some new things for the library. Edna told her husband that

Looking back on her actions, Edna felt very foolish and childish to stomp on her wedding ring and throw the vase at the hearth. Edna began to do whatever she wanted whenever she wanted. She completely stopped

One mid-November day when Edna was not in a good mood, she decided that she wanted to go see Mademoiselle Reisz. She hadn't forgotten about the last time she saw her, but she wanted to hear her play the piano