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gigi
Unregistered User
(1/12/05 10:13 pm)
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Kate chopins the awakwning and the little mermaid
I recently read Kate Chopins The Awakening
I had to write a report on it and I chose to compare it with HAns Andersens's tragic tale The Little MErmaid
I compared them becsue they seem to parallel each other very much.Both heroines are going through a sexual awakening and a spiritual one as well.
The endings are very tragic and closely related. what are your thoughts on this? My teacher laughed when I told him the subject of my paper. I hope to change his mind.
gigi
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Veronica Schanoes
Registered User
(1/13/05 3:43 am)
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Re: Kate chopins the awakwning and the little mermaid
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My teacher laughed when I told him the subject of my paper.
Don't take this the wrong way, but your teacher acted badly, in my opinion. Laughing at a student's topic? Not okay.
That's an interesting idea. Have you thought about connections between voice and agency?
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Amal
Registered User
(1/15/05 8:03 pm)
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On Art
I think those are excellent stories to contrast. Further about voice -- you might think of how Edna's art and the mermaid's voice parallel each other. Where the mermaid gives her art up for love, Edna seeks to leave her domestic life for art -- though I'll own that's an oversimplification. But I think there's a definite fable-like element to The Awakening that you could draw out and exploit in order to compare it to "The Little Mermaid."
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gigi
Unregistered User
(1/15/05 8:47 pm)
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thanks
Thankyou for your comments.
The reason my teacher laughed is becasue he does not consider folk and fariy tales serious Literature.
He did enjoy my paper. I got an A on it.
I made some valid points and becasue The little Mermaid can be traced to a certain text he accepted it as literature.
Thank you for all your suggestions. I will keep them in mind when I have a to submit a paper for acceptance into an Advanced Placement class.
gigi
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Jess
Unregistered User
(1/16/05 2:17 pm)
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Characterization and psychological state of mind
Just a quick aside if you do write that other paper...I always viewed The Awakening as a description of a character who was seriously bipolar. The LM doesn't strike me quite the same way, but she is obviously has obsessive impulses. I wonder if you did something with that.
Another quick note, your teacher doesn't consider fairy tales and folktales serious literature....hmm. Perhaps he should visit this website and learn a thing or two.
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