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    E.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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    "I will show you to the Baron." Guntlaf said‚ raising from the chair inside his small tent. "Thank you." The cavalryman‚ who wore the yellow and blue uniform of westergard’s hussars replied‚ following the cuirassier. He couldn’t help looking in disdain the long old-fashioned braids which shown below Guntlaf’s helmet. "The squadron seems to be in an unexpected good condition." The hussar said "My men try to put a brave face‚ but most of them are wounded." Guntlaf replied‚ silently cursing the unexpected

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    UNIVERSITY OF DALAT DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES BRITISH CIVILIZATION - 2007 Tran Thanh Hung - M.A. 2007 THE BRITISH ISLES (Names to be mentioned: Welsh‚ Scots Gaelic‚ Irish Gaelic‚ Birmingham‚ Glasgow‚ Edinburgh‚ Belfast‚ Cardiff‚ Catholic‚ Protestant‚ Muslim‚ Hindu‚ Judaism Republic of Ireland‚ Northern Ireland‚ Scotland‚ England‚ Wales‚ Romans‚ Latin‚ Britannia.) - Location: - United Kingdom: -Britain: + and Great Britain: + the name Britain: THE UNITED KINGDOM formal name: - The

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    At the sight of all “The mother-women [who prevailed] that summer at Grand Isle” (Chopin 14)‚ Edna begins to question her role as a mother. Especially when Adèle Ratignolle is put as an exemplar. Ratignolle is described to be “delicious in the rôle‚ [and the] embodiment of every womanly grace and charm”(Chopin 15) this image sets

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    story and is also going through series of ‘Awakenings.’ The constant boundaries and restrictions placed on Edna Pontellier by society will initiate her struggle for freedom. Her husband Leonce Pontellier‚ the current women of society‚ and Grand Isle make it evident that Edna is trapped in a patriarchal society. Edna is a young Creole wife and mother in a high-class society. The novel unfolds the life of a woman who feels dissatisfied and restrained by the expectations of society. Leonce Pontellier

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    The Awakening‚ Chopin uses the motif of water at the Grand Isle beach to represent Edna’s first stages of her awakening. While taking a walk on the beach with the Pontelliers and the Ratignolle‚ she takes her first swim the ocean: “But that night she was like the little tottering‚ stumbling‚ clutching child‚ who of a sudden realizes its powers‚ and walks for the first time alone‚ boldly and with over-confidence” (Chopin 73). The Grand Isle is the first setting that Edna develops her questioning the

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    escapism. This theme is apparent in two of the poems which I have studied‚ “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” and “Sailing to Byzantium”. “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” expresses Yeats’ longing to return home as he was in London at the time when he wrote it. The poet desires to escape from the world of grim reality to a pastoral utopia. In “Sailing to Byzantium”‚ Yeats’ once more is longing to escape but in contrast to “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”‚ he longs to escape the process of ageing as opposed to escaping

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    insurance. With over 1000 shops‚ Tchibo is one of Germany’s biggest shop chains. The company is based in Hamburg. Tchibo’s coffee is sold in supermarkets in United States‚ Romania‚ Turkey‚ Hungary‚ Ukraine‚ Israel‚ Jordan‚ Russia and Poland. On the Isle of Man in the UK Shoprite sells its coffee as well as clothing‚ household items‚ electronics and electrical appliances Dunkin’ Donuts is an international donut and coffee retailer founded in 1950 in Quincy‚ Massachusetts by William Rosenberg. It

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    This concept may be viewed and studied both literally and figuratively. Throughout her experience in the new world‚ she manifests her craving for love and must survive with very limited resources when she is stranded and left to her own devices on the Isle of Demons. In this essay‚ the literal meanings of hunger and appetite will be examined. Their alternate figurative meaning‚ that of the sexual‚ romantic‚ and love-related sense‚ will also be discussed. Third‚ the two aspects of the concept‚ hunger

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    Museum Assignment The two museums that were visited were the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)‚ and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). While the MOCA held artist that were fairly new‚ the LACMA held quite a few of well known artist such as Jackson Pollock‚ Maynard Dixon‚ or Thomas Hart Benton. When visiting MOCA the most interesting artwork that was appealing was "War Never Ends" by Mathew Monahan‚ and when visiting the LACMA the most interested artwork that was appealing to me was

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