... Cather describes the scenery so extensively, with quotes such as "The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up." The country-pioneer environment gives room for an unconventional life away from civilization. This allows the ... back had never bore heavy loads and whose skin had never toiled beneath the sun. Then there is Antonia, growing up away from all these social expectations, away from the cities and stuffy aristocrats. She is free to go about as she pleases, and is not ashamed to engage in "Men's ......

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... herself. This is what made Mrs. Mallard feel free, free from oppression, and free from the burden of society's expectations. The Awakening by Kate Chopin was considered very shocking when it was first published because of the "sexual awakening" of the main character, Edna Pontellier, and her unconventional behavior (Evans no page). The ... doesn't realize that she can be an independent women. There, she starts to have an affair with Robert Lebrun, who she falls in love with. "She begins to realize for the first time, at age 28, that she is an individual- (Evans no page).""Edna looks past...

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