... roles that society had given her. Edna discovers her identity as an independent woman and breaks through the roles assigned by the patriarchal society. Victorian society was very strict and women's place was very clear. Chopin uses her characters to rebel against this strictness; her characters are passionate and unconventional women but none of them rebels as openly as Edna does. Feminism emerged ... as a social movement in reaction to the way women were treated in American society and against the inequality between men and women regarding their rights. Educated and intelligent women st...

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... -Marxist exposé of the patriarchy as reflected in the delimited lives and destinies of female characters in literature. This type of critical discourse often takes an explicitly and aggressively ideological stance, stressing the important contribution of literature and literary criticism to a radical, even revolutionary reformation of culture. 2. The Socio-Psychological Approach of the so-called American school of feminist criticism focuses on exploring the awakening feminine consciousness reflected in literature ... by and about women. Through close ... ...

• Word Count: 1975
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... do not explicitly state feminist doctrines, the main characters in both are independent women who are either unsatisfied with their present lives and husband or are the matriarchal leaders of their families and Brahman of their social circles. "The lack of economic freedom breeds resentment, the noisy assertive resentment of the male, who insists on claiming his superiority, and the shrill nagging resentment of the female who clamors for rights." (Bell ... of a day that she is dissatisfied with the unfulfilling life of decadence that she has been leading and regrets not having chosen a ...

• Word Count: 2233
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• Grade Level: High School