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Kate Chopin was an American author born in 1851 in St. Louis, Missouri. She is known for her novels and short stories that explored themes of women's desires, independence, and the subtle complexities of Creole culture. Some of her most famous works include the short stories "Desiree's Baby", "The Storm", and "A Pair of Silk Stockings", which depict women struggling with their identities within marriage and motherhood. Chopin was a pioneering female writer who brought greater representation and understanding of women's perspectives to American literature.
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Kate Chopin was an American writer born in 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was raised by her mother, grandmother, and great grandmother after her father died in a railroad accident when she was young. She married Oscar Chopin in 1870 and had six children, but Oscar's business failed and he died in 1882, leaving Kate a widow. She moved back to her family in Missouri with her six children and began writing, encouraged by a family friend. Some of her notable works include "The Story of an Hour" published in 1894, which provides a brief but impactful look at a woman's internal reaction to her husband's supposed death.
Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin was born in 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri. She came from a wealthy family and was married at a young age. After her husband's death, she moved back to St. Louis and began her literary career in 1885. She wrote three novels and over 150 short stories and sketches before her death in 1904. Many of her works explored themes of female sexuality and portrayed the culture of Creole society in Louisiana. Two of her most famous works are the short stories "At the 'Cadian Ball" and its sequel "The Storm," both of which deal with themes of adultery.
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This summary analyzes Kate Chopin's short story "Désirée's Baby." It provides background on the plot, including that Désirée is adopted as a baby and grows up to marry a plantation owner named Armand. They have a baby, but Armand rejects the child and Désirée when the baby is discovered to have African features, blaming Désirée's heritage. It is later revealed that Armand himself has black ancestry, through a letter from his mother. Désirée leaves Armand and returns to her adopted family.
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The document provides background information on Kate Chopin and her novel The Awakening. It states that Chopin wrote and published the novel in 1897-1898 and 1899, respectively. It was set in St. Louis, Missouri. Chopin was born in St. Louis in 1850 and married Oscar Chopin in 1870. They had several children together. Oscar died in 1882, leaving Kate a widow. This provides context that Kate Chopin was writing from her own experiences as a married woman and mother who then lost her husband. The document leaves the reader to predict what themes may be explored in The Awakening based on Chopin's life experiences.
Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin was born in 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri. She grew up surrounded by women after her father died in a train accident and five of her six siblings did not survive past age 25. After marrying at age 20 and having seven children, her husband died when she was 32, leaving her in debt. Chopin began writing to support her family and had early success with her regionalist works set in Louisiana. However, her controversial novel The Awakening, published in 1899, which portrayed a woman's individual desires and revolt against social norms, was widely criticized and banned at the time. Chopin died in 1904 at the World's Fair from a cerebral hemorrhage, and The Awakening was forgotten
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- 1. KATE CHOPIN American Author 1851-1904 Mrs. Owens English 1102 Dec. 2012
- 2. Biography • Born February, 08 1851 ,in St. Louis Missouri, to slave owners • Married at age 20 to Oscar Chopin • Moved to New Orleans were she bore five sons and one daughter • Husband died, leaving her a widow at age 32 • Moved back to St. Louis where she began writing stories to support her family • Died August 22, 1904
- 3. Overview • Known for writing novels, short-stories, poems, and children’s stories • Very quiet and reserved, but alive with sympathy and interest (American Authors) • Her search for “self-understanding” motivates many of the characters in her stories • Chopin’s works deal with everyday life situations, feelings that women are usually afraid to express, and life situations that so often affect our families
- 4. Désirée’s Baby • Désirée’s Baby, a short-story about a wealthy man, Monsieur Valmondé, finds a baby outside his gateway and takes her home to his wife. They raise the baby as their own. When she turns 18, she marries a wealthy man named Armand Aubigny. After they wed, she becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son. The couple is blissfully happy with the arrival of their new son. • Later, the husband begins to show displeasure with Désirée. One day she notices the similarities of her son and a “young quadroon” boy. (pbs.org) When she asks her husband what this means, he replies, “the child is not white; it means that you are not white.” (pbs.org) Désirée does not believe her husband so she writes home to her mother. Her mother tells her to come home and bring the baby with her. • Désirée walks into the bayou with her baby in her arms, committing suicide. Later, when Aubigny is burning Désirée’s belongings he finds a letter written from his mother to his father revealing that he “belongs to the race that is cursed with the brand of slavery.” (Miner)
- 5. “The Storm” • “The Storm” another short-story from Kate Chopin. This story is about an apparent attraction between Calixta (a married woman) and Alcée. While Calixta’s husband and son are in town, a very strong storm comes. Alcée is passing through the area of Calixta’s home as the storm is approaching. Calixta offers him shelter out of the storm. At first, Alcée chooses to remain on the porch; but as the rain gets stronger, he decides to come inside the house. • Calixta is looking out the window at the storm when the lightening strikes really loud and bright. Scared, she stumbles back into Alcée’s arms. She feels safe in his arms. “When he touched her breasts they gave themselves up in quivering ecstasy.” (Lombardi) They have given into their passionate desire for each other and have both (along with the storm) reached their climax. The storm then dies down and fades away. Once the storm has passed, her husband and son return home. The family has dinner together, and life goes on as it normally would.
- 6. “A Pair of Silk Stockings” • Chopin’s “A Pair of Silk Stockings” tells a story about a woman, wife, mother, of poor status that becomes “the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars.” (pbs.org) Her first thoughts are to spend the money on things that her children need. But once at the store she starts spending the money on herself. She buys herself a pair of silk stockings, a pair of boots, a few magazines, and a pair of gloves. She also has lunch in a restaurant, and sees a play at the theater. Then she takes a cable car home, and she wishes that the ride would never end. • In this story Chopin shows the struggles that women face while trying to display their own self-identity, as well as playing the role of a wife and mother.
- 7. Summary • Kate Chopin’s stories “details the social and sexual subtleties of the Cajun and Creole culture in which she lived during her childhood and marriage. (Brantley) • Chopin displays the ability to write “on the two sexes with a large degree of detachment and objectivity.” (Koloski)
- 8. WORKS CITED • Kate Chopin: A Study of the Short Fiction. Bernard Koloski. Twayne’s Studies in Short Fiction 65. New York: Twayne Publishers, 19963 p145-148. From Gale Virtual Reference Library • Feminist Writers. Ed. Pamela Kester-Shelton. Detroit: St. James Press, 1996. From Literature Resource Center. • LitFinder Contemporary Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2007 • Reference Guide to Short Fiction, 1st ed.,edited by Noelle Watson, St. James Press, 1994 • http://web.ebscohost.com.libproxy.troy.edu/ehost/detail?vid=7&bk=1&hid=108&s id=4c9c.html • http://www.pbs.org/katechopin/library/desireesbaby.html • http://www.pbs.org/katechopin/library/silkstockings.html
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