Friday, November 13, 2009

The Awakening Sentence Analysis

Chapter 6 of Kate Chopin's The Awakening teems with rhetorical and grammatical gems. Her insight into the female mind of the late nineteenth century enlightens readers and invokes consideration of the imprisonment women of that time suffered.


To view our visual interpretation of one of her sentences, click here.


The author's dramatic diction, further elaborated here, enforces her tragic emotions evoked by the then taboo thoughts and feelings she simply couldn't shake.


Chopin's syntax illustrates the chaotic and unorganized beginning to her perilous journey of self-discovery. See here.

7 comments:

Meagan P. said...

I loved your analysis. You're slide show caused me to really ponder on the large task Edna faces in becoming her own woman. It is indeed a "Herculean task".
Great Job.

Katelyn H said...

I really like how you have your presentations set up. I agree with you about how she is wanting to create a new beginning for herself. To start over new and live her life how she wants to live it.

I also agree that she has a hard road ahead of her. Tough decisions need to be made which may or may not change her life. She is not completely sure of what to do yet, and is kind of frightened about what the outcome of her actions may be.

Sam J. said...

I think this analysis was very well set up. The diction could have been a little more in depth though. Also, I thought your visual interpretation was a little bit light and almost happyish. I interpreted it as a little darker disturbing; although this is how you interpretted it and not me. As a whole though your analysis was really deep and I agree that it was a momumental task for Edna.

Will said...

Great analysis, I agree with Sam in saying that this sentence had a little darker tense to it than portrayed by the presentations. Great analyis.

paige c said...

You guys did amazing with your analysis. It definitely caused me to think deeper and helped me to further understand what was going on in your sentence. Thanks and great job.

MollieM said...

Great job guys. Very creative. Being a woman, Edna does have a hard road ahead of her. Being one of the first women to experience this, I can only imagine the confusion and hardships she is facing. What do you think keeps some women from experiencing the rebirth that makes them their own woman?

Terran J. said...

The picture of the mountain is perfect for the last part of that sentence! and I like how you stated that we use the literature today to get a glimpse of the woman's life of that time period.