A six page paper incorporating an alternative concluding paragraph to Kate Chopin's famous feminist novel. The paper includes an in-depth discussion of why this new ending, in which the protagonist Edna Pontellier is saved from suicide and decides to change her life, is more satisfactory than one in which the protagonist simply gives up. No additional sources. A seven page paper looking at this important feminist novel by Kate Chopin. The paper shows how Chopin uses the conflict within the character of the protagonist to develop the novel s theme.
Bibliography lists three sources.
A five page paper looking at the way Kate Chopin deals with her protagonist s lack of maternal instinct in her 1899 novel. No additional sources. A 6 page paper looking at Kate Chopin s 1899 novel in terms of its inheritance from Ralph Waldo Emerson. The paper points out that Emerson felt one s ultimate authority is oneself, and Chopin s protagonist Edna Pontellier relied heavily on self-direction in developing her life. Bibliography lists six sources.