Bibliography lists six sources. A 5 page paper analyzing the astonishingly frank depiction of female sexuality in Kate Chopin's landmark short story. The paper looks intensively at the social backdrop against which Chopin wrote her story, and shows why this story remained unpublished until long after the author's death. No additional sources. 6 pages in length.
Powerful women are a rare breed.
While each woman's strength is varied among these tales, they share a common thread of power felt from down within one's very being. It is about this strength and power that the writer describes these women as they are able to cope with extreme situations and make their lives more worthwhile. Bibliography lists 3 sources. A 6 page paper comparing and contrasting hthe characterization of Edna Pontellier in Kate Chopin's The Awakening with that of Nora Helmer in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. The paper concludes that the heroines' differing fates are defined by the nature of each woman's self-image at the time of the story's climax.