Chopin's A Pair Of Silk Stockings: Mrs. Sommers
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Mrs. Sommers, of Kate Chopin's "A Pair of Silk Stockings" faces a
major Man-vs.-Society conflict. She is a perfect example of how humans
are tempted by material gain, "the life of luxury", and the vicious way
society judges things (or people). Society views people who live in the
lap of luxury a ....
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.... the silk stockings is the minute she becomes a different
Mrs. Sommers. All of a sudden everything she has in not good enough, she
looks at her shopping bag as "shabby" and "old". Her parcel is "very
small". At this point, she wants more. She begins to think without
reason, and loses her sense of responsibility when she puts the stockings
on in the ladies room. Mrs. Sommers is "not going through any acute
mental process or reasoning with herself", she is "not thinking at all" at
this point. ....
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Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
