Consulting Edna: The Role of Doctor Mandelet in Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening'

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Cover of the book Consulting Edna: The Role of Doctor Mandelet in Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' by Johannes Steffens, GRIN Verlag
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Author: Johannes Steffens ISBN: 9783638038980
Publisher: GRIN Verlag Publication: April 22, 2008
Imprint: GRIN Verlag Language: English
Author: Johannes Steffens
ISBN: 9783638038980
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Publication: April 22, 2008
Imprint: GRIN Verlag
Language: English

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (English Department), course: Engl 373 Southern American Literature, 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the role of Doctor Mandelet in Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening. I argue that Mandelet is a mixed character - understanding and at the same time misunderstanding Edna Pontellier's predicament - who portrayed therefore rather ambiguously. Although Chopin is critical of Mandelet and the other male characters in her novel and characterizes them at times negatively, Chopin also reveals that their inability to comprehend Edna's inner life and her transformation in the course of the novel is not inherent. Rather, Edna's men are victims of their circumstances and - to use a Naturalist notion - are controlled by outside forces beyond their control.

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Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (English Department), course: Engl 373 Southern American Literature, 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the role of Doctor Mandelet in Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening. I argue that Mandelet is a mixed character - understanding and at the same time misunderstanding Edna Pontellier's predicament - who portrayed therefore rather ambiguously. Although Chopin is critical of Mandelet and the other male characters in her novel and characterizes them at times negatively, Chopin also reveals that their inability to comprehend Edna's inner life and her transformation in the course of the novel is not inherent. Rather, Edna's men are victims of their circumstances and - to use a Naturalist notion - are controlled by outside forces beyond their control.

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