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- 5251: The Bean Trees
- ... for her family's sake. Lou Ann becomes the "mother" figure after Taylor and Turtle move in. She stays home with both Dwayne and Turtle while Taylor goes to work. When Taylor comes home, the house is clean, the laundry is done, and dinner is cooking, if not ready. This is because of Lou Ann's happy, homely nature. One of the reasons Taylor and Lou Ann become such good friends ...
- 5252: The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe
- ... baffled them. Ever since Cousin Lymon's appearance, Miss Amelia would regularly wear a red dress that had been worn exclusively on Sundays. They also noted that, before he arrived, she would only leave her house to go to church or to pick up supplies for her store. While, when Cousin Lymon moves in, realizing that he loves to travel, she would often drive with him into the city and go ...
- 5253: The Awakening
- ... New York: Longman, 1997. 607-98. "Suicide." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Vol. 21. 1973 ed. Webster, Noah. "Sucide." Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language: Unabridged. Ed. The World Publishling Company. New York: Rockville House Publishers, Inc., 1965.
- 5254: The Awakening
- ... is influential by giving Edna insight on what is needed to be an artist to make sure she is committed. Another concept which Stone comments on is Edna's enjoyment of solitude in her new house of art which was paid for with inheritance and the selling of her pictures which is a symbol of her independence. At this point in the novel Stone remarks that Enda had defined herself as ...
- 5255: The Awakening
- ... life were passing by, leaving its promise broken and unfulfilled." (70) In the solitude she starts to distance herself from those around her that love and care for her. Her moving from her husband's house is the first step in this; it distances her from her husband's control and everything that is his: "Instinct had prompted her to put away her husband's bounty in casting off her allegiance ...
- 5256: The Awakening
- ... realize just how important it is to be true to herself. She has never done that before. She went along with the way things were supposed to be, holding her socials and tending to her house until she became aware that she needed more from her life. The person whom Edna truly admires is Mademoiselle Reitz, who is a brilliant pianist. Her talent is somewhat lost on the other people on ...
- 5257: The Awakening
- ... all causes for complaint" (Wells 122). It is necessary for a woman who wants recognition in society to display "
her politeness and engaging manners, or skill in music
", along with the dressing up of her house (Wells 122). It should never be allowed by a lady, the disrespect of her husband, advice degrading him because "
confidants are dangerous persons" (Wells 122). When a Creole woman is walking through the streets she ...
- 5258: The Awakening
- ... Skaggs, Peggy. Kate Chopin. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1985. Toth, Emily. Kate Chopin: A life of the Wolff, Cynthia. "The Fiction of Limits: Dιsirιes Baby." Modern Critical Views: Kate Chopin. Ed. Harold Bloom. Philidelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987. 35-42
- 5259: Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
- ... town. Bob will not notice because he takes for granted the fact that he is able to go look at the woods much like the author. "Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow." The persona is saying that he knows who owns the woods, but he wont ...
- 5260: Spotted Horses
- ... used in "Mule in the Yard" resembles the description. There is always something going on between Mrs. Hait and Snopes. Mrs. Haits husband gets killed, she and Snopes fight over money, Mrs. Haits house burns down, she and Snopes fight over money again, Snopes gets busted for fraud by the insurance company, and Mrs. Hait shoots a mule all this happens in ninety paragraphs. Once again, "Spotted Horses" is ...
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