Gender Roles Of Edna Pontellier In Daniel Black's A Perfect Peace
Janisha Jones
English 1102
Dr. Antiwan Walker
Who Am I, In A World of Divine? : The Uncompromising Effects Due to Gender Roles of Edna Pontellier in Kate Chopin 's The Awakening and Perfect Peace in Daniel Black 's A Perfect Peace Daniel Black 's A Perfect Peace is a heart-breaking portrait of a large, rural southern family 's attempt to contend with their mother 's desperate decision to alter the seventh child 's gender. In the mid to late 1900 's, in the south, men were expected to perform yard duties while women cooked, cleaned, and nurtured the children. Kate Chopin 's The Awakening takes place in the 1800 's and during this period of time; women were expected to be docile to their husbands and children in a patriarchal …show more content…
She explains, “She had long wished to try herself on Madame Ratignolle. Never had that lady seemed a more tempting subject than at that moment, seated there like some sensuous Madonna, with the gleam of the fading day enriching her splendid color.” (12). Clearly, Chopin expresses the sudden desired thought of Madame Ratignolle from Edna while using a plethora of descriptive phrases and adjectives describing such an image. Chopin also reveals Edna’s passive promiscuous characteristic by describing how devoted she is to Madame Ratignolle’s needs. She continues: “Madame Ratignolle folded her sewing, placing thimble, scissors, and thread all neatly together in the roll, which she pinned securely. She complained of faintness. [Edna] Mrs. Pontellier flew for the cologne water and a fan. She bathed Madame Ratignolle’s face with cologne…She stood watching the fair woman walk down the long line of galleries with grace and majesty which queens are sometimes supposed to possess.” (13)
Chopin demonstrates the duties that a housewife is expected to fulfill along with the admiration of a woman’s lack of
English 1102
Dr. Antiwan Walker
Who Am I, In A World of Divine? : The Uncompromising Effects Due to Gender Roles of Edna Pontellier in Kate Chopin 's The Awakening and Perfect Peace in Daniel Black 's A Perfect Peace Daniel Black 's A Perfect Peace is a heart-breaking portrait of a large, rural southern family 's attempt to contend with their mother 's desperate decision to alter the seventh child 's gender. In the mid to late 1900 's, in the south, men were expected to perform yard duties while women cooked, cleaned, and nurtured the children. Kate Chopin 's The Awakening takes place in the 1800 's and during this period of time; women were expected to be docile to their husbands and children in a patriarchal …show more content…
She explains, “She had long wished to try herself on Madame Ratignolle. Never had that lady seemed a more tempting subject than at that moment, seated there like some sensuous Madonna, with the gleam of the fading day enriching her splendid color.” (12). Clearly, Chopin expresses the sudden desired thought of Madame Ratignolle from Edna while using a plethora of descriptive phrases and adjectives describing such an image. Chopin also reveals Edna’s passive promiscuous characteristic by describing how devoted she is to Madame Ratignolle’s needs. She continues: “Madame Ratignolle folded her sewing, placing thimble, scissors, and thread all neatly together in the roll, which she pinned securely. She complained of faintness. [Edna] Mrs. Pontellier flew for the cologne water and a fan. She bathed Madame Ratignolle’s face with cologne…She stood watching the fair woman walk down the long line of galleries with grace and majesty which queens are sometimes supposed to possess.” (13)
Chopin demonstrates the duties that a housewife is expected to fulfill along with the admiration of a woman’s lack of