Essay Assignment #3 Kate Chopin's "The Storm" By John Youssef Professor Johnson Humanities 420 Tuesday, December 8, 2003 Kate Chopin's "The Storm" Readings of Chopin's work's often note the tension between female characters and the society that surrounds them. ... The Storm creates a sense of excitement, and controlling her feelings can be hard. ... In today's society travel is more common. ...
In The Hours (film) and the novel, something that Virginia Woolf, Laura Brown and Clarissa Vaughan have in common is their feeling of failure, depression and inadequacy. ... Virginia moves into her study and notes that it is in here that she feels safe. ... She notes that if she retains her weight, then there is a higher chance of her and Leonard moving back to London, which is what she wants. ... The kiss, which comes about possibly from a feeling of isolation, represents a gender struggle in the sense that she is fighting with her own sexuality. ... She notes that "because she is pregna...
In a description of Captain Vere it can be anticipated that Vere, who values peace and common good, would be in conflict with his job, which requires him to be a militaristic authoritarian. ... The use of moon, signifies, nature and in that sense innocence. ... Also the use of "hiding" in describing this other aspect of Captain Vere suggests that the sense of duty felt by Vere is not a foreign feeling. ... It is important to note that the wavering between his conflicting feelings does not occur once but a few times. ...
