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A review by mimmaz
The Awakening and Selected Stories by Kate Chopin
4.0
Chopin’s prose is so rich and sensitive. I was sort of shocked (pleasantly!) by the blatant sexual imagery—especially because it was centered on female pleasure. I think that Chopin is able to write so clearly about topics like sex and mental illness because there really wasn’t language for it, at least in regards to oneself. Really touching read.
That being said: I was tabbing every instance of black characters being relegated to domestic service or demeaned (for essay purposes) and I ran out of tabs. None of this to say that Edna doesn’t “deserve” to liberate herself—just that it’s interesting to note that she can hand her burden off to them and not feel hypocritical.
That being said: I was tabbing every instance of black characters being relegated to domestic service or demeaned (for essay purposes) and I ran out of tabs. None of this to say that Edna doesn’t “deserve” to liberate herself—just that it’s interesting to note that she can hand her burden off to them and not feel hypocritical.