http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/kate-chopin Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:48:17 -0400 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:48:17 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/657/kate-chopins-the-awakening-struggle-against-society-and-nature By Megan P. Kaplon - The “four cardinal virtues [were] piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity. Put them together and they spelled mother, daughter, sister, wife—woman” (Welter qtd. Papke 11). This definition of self in connection with others is what prevents Edna from allowing herself to follow Adele’s example. She tries to explain these reservations about loss of identity to Adele. “I would give my money, I would give my life for my children, but I wouldn’t give myself” (Chopin 53). Adele fails to understand Edna’s search for individuality, and Edna must look... Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:34 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/657/kate-chopins-the-awakening-struggle-against-society-and-nature http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/630/comparing-upton-sinclairs-the-jungle-and-kate-chopins-the-awakening By Amanda R. Woodruff - This autonomy is a direct result of her social standing. The belief that she can be her own person, regardless of the rest of the world is one that a person of lower social standing cannot maintain without serious consequences. At this period in time, life is very hard for those in the lower classes, and flouting society makes life even more difficult. Jurgis has first-hand knowledge of this in The Jungle, when he attempts to defend his wife, Ona, from her foreman. Not only is he imprisoned for attacking the man who took sexual advantage of his wife, he is also blacklisted in the stockyards. Jurgis... Sat, 07 Apr 2012 10:22 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/630/comparing-upton-sinclairs-the-jungle-and-kate-chopins-the-awakening http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/152/the-relevance-of-food-to-representations-of-gender-in-the-awakening-and-goblin-market By Misty M. Hill - The inconclusive gesture first of all shows that he is neither decisive nor forceful as you might expect a man to be. Secondly, it shows his irrelevance to the families eating, he does not need to be present for the family to eat, and it appears Mrs Pontellier is unconcerned by the prospect of the absent husband at meal time, as she ‘laughed, nodding good-by to him.’ (1994:5) But it is also suggested that he is an unreliable provider. On parting from his children he ‘promised to bring them back bonbons and peanuts,’ (1994:5) whilst tellingly on his return he ‘had... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:32 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/152/the-relevance-of-food-to-representations-of-gender-in-the-awakening-and-goblin-market