Essays about: "Creole society"
Found 3 essays containing the words Creole society.
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1. A Contemporary Victorian Patriarchy : A Gender Studies Approach to Gender Nonconformity as a Response to Patriarchal Oppression in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärandeAbstract : This thesis examines female gender nonconformity as a behaviour in response to Victorian patriarchal oppression in the female protagonist of Charlotte Brönte's bildungsroman Jane Eyre. Gender nonconforming behaviour is depicted as behaviour that does not obey gender roles or expectations, linking the responsive quality of such behaviours to the traits of hegemonic masculinity exerted by the male characters who represent and perpetuate a patriarchal system: St John Rivers and Edward Rochester. READ MORE
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2. Relationships and Ambiguous Feelings in Kate Chopin's The Awakening
University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to investigate how personal relationships in a Creole society, including the one with art, might influence the main character Edna Pontellier's search for personal freedom in Kate Chopin's The Awakening (1899). The essay discusses, on the one hand, Edna's female relationships with Adele Ratignolle and Mlle. READ MORE
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3. "By All the Codes which I Am Acquainted with, I Am a Devilishly Wicked Specimen of the Sex" : The Individual/Culture Conflict in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening
University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikationAbstract : At the turn of the 19th century, ideas promoting women’s rights were sweeping across America. During that time Kate Chopin’s The Awakening was published, portraying a young woman, Edna Pontellier, who after several years of emotional unfullfilment in her marriage questions her place as a woman in her marriage as well in society. READ MORE
