The_Awakening_《觉醒》作品分析

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1、TheAwakeningHistoricalContextCreoleSocietyKateChopinlivedin,andgenerallywroteabout,lifeintheSouth.InTheAwakening,shewrotespecificallyaboutCreolesocietyinnorthernLouisiana.CreolessawthemselvesasdifferentfromAnglo-AmericansandmaintainedculturaltraditionspasseddownfromtheirFrench

2、andSpanishancestors.Theyenjoyedgambling,entertainment,andsocialgatheringsandspentagreatdealoftimeintheseactivities.TheCreolesseldomacceptedoutsiderstotheirsocialcirclesandfeltthatnewcomersshouldlivebytheirrules.Mendominatedthehouseholdsandexpectedtheirwomentoprovidethemwithwel

3、l-kepthomesandmanychildrentocarryonthefamilyname.Womenrespondedbybearingchildrenandrefiningtheirsocialtalents.WhiletheCreolemencaroused,theirwomenkeptwell-runhousesandperfectedtheiraccomplishmentsinmusic,art,andconversation.Suchrefinedwomenenhancedtheirhusbands1socialstatus.Th

4、eBeginningsoftheWomen'sMovementThe1800ssawachangeinthestatusofwomen.Chopin'scharacter,EdnaPontellier,illustratestheindependentnaturethatwomenbeganrecognizinginthemselves.Ednafeltthattherewasmoretolifethanlivinginherhusband'sshadowandstiflingherowndesiresanddreams.Womenofthetim

5、efeltthesameway.Asearlyas184&womengatheredinNewYorkStatetobeginaddressingissuesofequality.Thisfirstconventionofwomensetthegroundworkforthewomensrightsmovement.Women'sgroupscontinuedtoorganizetoeducatewomenaboutsocialandpoliticalissuesandtoallowaforumforwomen'sdiscussions.While

6、womendidnotgaintherighttovoteuntil1920,thesepioneeringeffortsgainedavoiceinsocietythatwouldnotbequieted.Edna'sactionsinTheAwakeningreflectthetimesandtheemotionsfeltbythemanywomenwhosoughtpersonalfreedom.PlotSummaryleGrandIsleTheAwakeningopensatthesummerresortofGrandIsle,asmall

7、hotellocatedfiftymilesoffofthecoastofNewOrleans.GrandIsleispopulatedbywell-to-dofamiliesescapingtheblisteringNewOrleansheat.TheactionbeginsasLeoncePontellier,thehusbandofthenoveFsprotagonist,EdnaPontellier,sitsontheporchofhiscottagereadinghisday-oldnewspaper.Leonceisaself-impo

8、rtantmanwhoacceptsashisduethedeferenceofotherstohisperceiveds