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The Awakening by Kate Chopin

In this project, you will conduct a literary study based on the The Awakening by Kate Chopin. You will analyze life during the Victorian era, the age of the "New Woman", and how women's identity and roles have changed over time.

Full Text: The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Gender

Full Text: Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft

Overview: Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women
Literary Criticisms: Vindicating paradoxes: Mary Wollstonecraft's "Woman"

Biography: Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft (from The Longest War)

Marriage and Motherhood

Historical Background: Daily Life of Victorian Middle-Class Women

Historical Background: Gender: Separate Spheres for Men and Women

Literary Criticisms: New Woman and Feminist Literature

Domesticity, the Role of Women, and Education among the Classes

Freedom vs. Imprisonment

Full Text: Short Story: "Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin

Literary Criticism: The Autonomous Female Self and the Death of Louise Mallard in Kate Chopin's 'Story of an Hour.'

Painting: Evelyn de Morgan "The Gilded Cage"

Biography: Evelyn de Morgan

Self-Awareness

Paintings: Explore the Works of Frida Kahlo

Biography: Frida Kahlo

Opinion Article: Frida Kahlo's Gruesome Imagery in Paintings Makes People Feel Her Pain