Comparative Study: The Awakening and The Beloved
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published 03/08/2007
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Summary
This is a study of two books, The Awakening by Kate Chopin and Beloved by Toni Morrison. Both authors are women, and the main characters in their novels are also women. However, Chopin is writing from the nineteenth century about the nineteenth century, while Morrison is a modern author looking back at that century. This difference provides two unique views of gender roles in the nineteenth century. Morrison’s novel adds the extra variable of race as well. What follows is a comparison of how the two novels portray their heroines as mothers, lovers, and workers.
Table of Contents
- Mothers: Children as Background vs. Possessions
- Lovers: Wives vs. Not-wives
- Workers: Artists vs. Laborers
- Concluding Remarks
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