The Awakening: Public Controversy
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The Awakening, written by Kate Chopin, was a book that was truly ahead
of its time. The author of the book was truly a genius in her right, but yet she
was seen as a scoundrel. At the time, it was "a world that values only her
performance as a mother, whose highest expectations for women are self ....
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.... caught exposing herself in public, would be shunned
and looked down upon. Loyalty and commitment to the family was very important
during this time. Regardless of their family problems, they were expected to
endure and stay faithful. [ In fact, ] " the nineteenth century's message of the
supremacy of motherhood was so strong and so intense that it was absorbed into
the systems of it's women - even women like Edna [ ,a character in Chopin's book,
] who were not maternally inclined." ( ? ) You ....
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