Essay Archive - Kate Chopin's Controversial Views
Kate Chopin's Controversial Views
"Too strong a drink for moral babies, and should be labeled `poison'." was
the how the Republic described Kate Chopin's most famous novel The
Awakening (Seyersted 174). This was the not only the view of one magazine,
but it summarized the feelings of society as a whole. Chopin woke up people
to the feelings and minds of women. Even though her ideas were
controversial at first, slowly over the decades people began to accept them.
Kate O'Flaherty Chopin was raised in St. Louis in the 1850's and 1860's.
Chopin had a close relationship with her French grandmother which lead to
her appre....
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