Kate Chopin's Controversial Views
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"Too strong a drink for moral babies, and should be labeled `poison'." was
the how the Republic described Kate Chopin's most famous novel The
Awakening (Seyersted 174). This was the not only the view of one magazine,
but it summarized the feelings of society as a whole. Chopin woke up people
to t ....
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.... of great beauty, intelligence, and
personal magnetism" (Seyersted 14).
Growing up around independent women, however, did not dissuade her from
marriage. Her marriage to Oscar Chopin by all accounts was a happy one.
Taking on the role of a high society lady as well as wife and new mother,
Chopin fit in well with the New Orleans culture. She enjoyed the Louisiana
atmosphere so well that most of her writings were based here. Chopin
continued living in Louisiana raising her six young children u ....
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