The Awakening: Casting Shadows
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Happiness; is it essential or is it a mere unimportant simplistic virtue in
life's plans? Does everyone have the right to happiness? It is stated in
the Constitution that we as Americans have the right to life, liberty, and
the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. In the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin th ....
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.... to find happiness in serving
their husbands and taking care of the children. There were no other
options within the restrictive boundaries of marriage, and divorce was
never an alternative. Women's lives were austere and self enrichment or
self gratification were often times cast aside relative to the more mundane
tasks of daily life. Most women accepted this but Edna did not. She
figured that life was more than constantly doing for someone else. She
wanted time for herself in order to f ....
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