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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 5 page paper which discusses how the work
of Zora Neale Hurston titled “Their Eyes Were Watching God” demonstrates how
women are still shackled in a man’s society just as they were in Kate Chopin’s “The
Awakening.” No additional sources cited.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAhurchp.rtf
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Awakening" is often heralded as a powerful work which describes how women were clearly oppressed and controlled by a male society of a time gone by. And, even in present
works, such as Zora Neale Hurstons "Their Eyes Were Watching God" we see the same illustrations despite the fact that the time period is very different. Both of the works
illustrate the position of women during a certain time period and within a different culture. Interestingly enough, even with these tow different foundations, that of the 19th century and the
20th century, and that of the wealthy white woman and the poor African American woman, the books illustrate that women are controlled and oppressed by a society constructed by men.
In the following paper we present an examination of each novel separately and then provide a discussion which compares the two perspectives. Kate Chopin Chopins story is about
a woman who finds herself married with children when she suddenly begins to see her life as incredibly stifling and depressing. She feels that an affair will perhaps give her
the passion in life she desires. That, however, only awakens her to the realities that she wants. However, she is a woman in the 19th century who has no control
over her life. While she can have an affair, and while she can perhaps pretend to have an important life, she is retrained from truly delving into a new life
because it is a world of men. In Ednas world the men control every aspect of her personality, or so it seems. Even when she feels that she has
become awakened, she finds that it is because she desires another man. Her father, her husband, and her lover, all control who she is to a large extent. And, in
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