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Late 19th Century Creole Society as it pertains to:
Kate Chopin's The Awakening
During the 1890’s, New Orleans was an interesting place to be. Characterized by strict social codes, both spoken and unspoken, a prosperous lifestyle was the reward for following these strict laws of the society. This conformity made for a strenuous situation for Edna Pontellier, the protagonist of Kate Chopin’s novel, The ....
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.... Edna at the mercy of a patriarchal husband, a hot climate, a Creole lifestyle, and the circumscribed expectations of a particular class of Louisiana women” (Taylor 306). This eventually leads to Edna’s breaking free. In this society the attitudes of the husbands played a large role in Edna’s disapproval. The Creole husband is “never jealous” (Chopin 21). However, their wives “were possessions, cared for and displayed, who often brought a dowry or inherited wealth to a m ....
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