Part one of term paper
The title, The Awakening, implies that a rebirth from a stupor into self- awareness is something good. One would expect that someone who was once sleeping is better off and can see more clearly when he is fully awake. But this expectation is exactly opposite to Edna's condition. She is not awake. She is eventually drawn by the sea and dro ...

Part two of term paper
... to make judgments about these characters. Assuming that their situations and the outcomes of their behavior are applicable to our own lives is risky. Her characters are fictional. The combinations of their actions and outcomes are entirely an invention of Kate Chopin reflecting what she wants to teach her readers. If Chopin has successfully convinced a reader that the characters are real or that they could be real, the reader is likely to apply what he has learned from this fable in his or her ...