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    The movie Awakenings

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    Meagan McGee Psychology 1300 Awakenings The movie Awakenings starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro portrays the true story of a doctor named Dr. Malcolm Sayer‚ and the events of the summer of 1969 at a psychiatric hospital in New York. Dr. Malcolm Sayer‚ who is a research physician‚ is confronted with a number of patients who had each been afflicted with a devastating disease called Encephalitis Lethargica. The illness killed most of the people who contracted it‚ but some were left living

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    The Awakening Essay Kate Chopin wrote this book “The Awakening” using a lot of symbolism such as The Sea‚ The Houses‚ and The Birds that she refers to many times in the book‚ to translate the meaning of the book. The meaning of the book is that a women can change from someone very obedient‚ traditional to someone self-realized‚ sexually liberated and independent women. The sea was an excellent representation of the meaning because what the sea meant and the main reason the representation is in

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    A Crude Awakening Review

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    A Review of: A Crude Awakening The documentary A Crude Awakening is a very descriptive and informative film that helped me further understand the degree of dependence that we have on crude oil and why we became this way. Most points made in the film are facts that I could look up and prove on my own because they were‚ for the most part‚ historical or factual. The film describes how our dependency on oil became very large during and after the industrial revolution due to fast production and high

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    Feminism in Kate Chopin ’s The Awakening Cecilia Phenix‚ Yahoo! Contributor Network May 13‚ 2007 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here." More: Chopin Flag Close Post a comment Kate Chopin bravely exposed an attitude of feminism to an unprepared society in her novel The Awakening. Her brilliant work of fiction was not recognized at the time because feminism had not yet become popular. Eble claimed that Chopin ’s book was considered to be "Too strong a drink for moral babes and

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    In the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ the readers are introduced to the creole society in which the main character‚ Edna Pontellier‚ lives. Readers soon discover that Edna herself does not quite fall into place within the society and she feels uncomfortable at several points within the text. While she is feeling uncomfortable within the society she lives‚ she is actually becoming more comfortable with herself. This “comfortableness” she is obtaining is actually her awakening. Edna is gaining

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    Léonce as the prime Trigger in the Case of Edna Pontellier´s Personal Awakening In “The Awakening”‚ written by Kate Chopin‚ Edna Pontellier is the main character‚ who undergoes an awakening from a dependent woman living to the standards of the society to an independent self-aware individual. Through the regular absence of her husband Léonce Pontellier‚ Edna cannot speak with him about her thoughts‚ fears and important scenes in her life. Therefore she remotes herself mentally

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    The Awakening: Adele Ratignolle An oppressive‚ patriarchal society‚ by its very nature‚ makes it difficult for women to express themselves and take charge of what they want to do with their lives. In The Awakening‚ a novella by Kate Chopin‚ Edna Pontellier realizes she can no longer cope with this subjugated type of lifestyle and metaphorically awakens to the notion that she can transform herself from powerless to independent. Madame Adele Ratignolle‚ a motherly figure who embodies many of the traditional

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    Caught in a Wake of Illusions To remain‚ or not to remain: that is the question. In The Awakening‚ a novella by Kate Chopin‚ the main character‚ Edna‚ explores the depth of this question as she awakens from her blind submission to society’s demands. Realizing for the first time in her life that she is trapped in a box culturally deemed appropriate for women‚ she struggles to break free and pursue individuality. In the processes of trying to find herself‚ she sacrifices society’s approval‚ her husband’s

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    Women’s Independence in The Awakening In The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ women’s independence is a very significant theme. Although Edna may not be the perfect example of an independent woman‚ Kate Chopin‚ uses imagery‚ diction and details to show a compassionate tone towards women’s independence. A rare but very effective method Chopin uses to show her tone is imagery. In chapter ten Edna goes swimming for the first time. While in her newly beloved ocean she realized‚ “that night she was like

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    N.V.I.R.O.N.M.E.N.T. The Awakening by Kate Chopin takes place down south in nineteenth century Louisiana. The environment of New Orleans‚ Grand Isle and Cheniere Caminada had a huge effect on the protagonist of the story‚ Edna Pontellier experience; in her of finding who she truly wanted to be. Each different environment helped her progress into finding on Edna Pontellier. Kate Chopin masters the use of setting as it concerns to Edna’s journey of spiritual awakening. The changing of settings

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