The Awakening
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Responsibility and Duty as they Relate to
Most cultures put heavy emphasis upon responsibility and duty. The culture portrayed in Kate Chopin's book visibly reflects a similar emphasis. The main character finds herself wanting to stray from her responsibilities and embrace her intense desire fo ....
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.... time into duty and responsibility that she loses any happiness that she could hope to achieve. With time, Kant noted, the person who devotes their life to reason finds themselves needing a release, in the end despising reason, and eventually pursuing only their true happiness.
After being "reasonable" for the twenty-eight years of her life, Edna breaks down. She wants to pursue love and disregard her duty to her husband and children. She falls in what she considers "girlish" love ....
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Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
