By: Ila Bagheri and Megan Brooks
How Chopin characterizes love and societal views of men and women.
Chopin puts a new perspective on typical romance as well as gender roles...
Chopin puts a new perspective on typical romance as well as gend...
...by making love become less significant, letting other emotions take precedence.
...by making love become less significant, letting other emotio...
“She was not thinking of his words, only drinking in the tones of his voice. She wanted to reach out her hand in the darkness and touch him with the sensitive tips of her fingers upon the face or the lips.” - A Respectable Woman
“She was not thinking of his words, only drinking in t...
Mrs. Baroda distances herself from her husband, not from lack of love, but from strong feelings of lust.
Mrs. Baroda distances herself from her husband, not from lack ...
“She said it over and over under her breath: “free, free, free!”...There would be no one to live for her during those coming years; she would live for herself.” - The Story of an Hour
“She said it over and over under her breath: “free, free, free!”...There wou...
With her husband gone, Louise let her mind wander to all the possibilities she holds now.
With her husband gone, Louise let her mind wander to all the possibiliti...
Society in the late 1800s was constructed in such a way in which women were expected to conform to their husband's opinions and beliefs.
Society in the late 1800s was constructed in such a way in whi...
Concerns of women were most of the time overlooked by their male partners and deemed less important.
Concerns of women were most of the time overlooked by their male partne...
"“When is he going—your friend?” she one day asked her husband. “For my part, he tires me frightfully.” “Not for a week yet, dear. I can’t understand; he gives you no trouble.” “No. I should like him better if he did; if he were more like others…”’ - A Respectable Women
"“When is he going—your friend?” she one day asked her husband. “For ...
In the late 1800s, it was expected for women were to stay with their husbands, and Chopin shows how this mindset can lead to women feeling stuck in their own lives.
In the late 1800s, it was expected for women were to stay with the...
“Her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own.” - A Story of an Hour
“Her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her. Spring da...
"“Oh,” she told him, laughingly, after pressing a long, tender kiss upon his lips, “I
have overcome everything! you will see. This time I shall be very nice to him.”"- A Respectiable Woman