FALL 2019 3-week term
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2019
And the ladies, selecting with dainty and discriminating fingers and a little greedily, all declared that Mr. Pontillier was the best husband in the world. Mrs. Pontillier was forced to admit she could think of none better. (pg. 11) This isn’t the first time we see Edna Pontillier’s deep-rooted dissatisfaction with her lot in life, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 25th, 2019
The circumstances surrounding Edna’s death at the end of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening have long been a topic of debate among literary scholars and readers. The ending of the novel is left open to interpretation since the text does not explicitly state Edna died. However, the most widely believed notion is that Edna committed suicide. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 25th, 2019
Among the high society creoles at the Grand Isle, there is one young Spanish girl who resides there, Mariequita. She is described to have a “round, sly, piquant face and pretty black eyes” and small hands in contrast to her “broad and course” feet (Chapter 12). Although not much is known about Mariequita’s past, it […]
Posted in Essays on Aug 25th, 2019
A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: “Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That’s all right!” He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody understood, unless it was the mockingbird that hung on the other side of the door, whistling his […]
Posted in Essays on Aug 25th, 2019
Edna Pontellier is a 28-year-old woman who lives an unsatisfied life void of any passion. She is married to a man she does not love. “Her marriage to Léonce Pontellier was purely an accident, in the respect resembling many other marriages which masquerade as the decrees of fate” (p.27). She loves her children, but she […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 24th, 2019
It isn’t hard to see how Edna’s feelings for her children might not have been the most sincere. In the 19th century, women were taught from a young age that eventually they would one day marry and have children, that it would be their greatest joy and their sole purpose in life. Whenever we see […]
Posted in Music on Aug 23rd, 2019
Black & Blue Cold empty bed, springs hard as lead Feel like Old Ned, wish I was dead All my life through, I’ve been so black and blue Even the mouse ran from my house They laugh at you, and scorn you too What did I do to be so black and blue? I’m white […]
Posted in Music on Aug 23rd, 2019
Posted in Music on Aug 23rd, 2019
Posted in Essays on Aug 22nd, 2019
The post below was written by Maggy O’Donnell on an essay by Sarah Gerard from her collection Sunshine State. Your aim in your posts should be to offer observations and analysis that might be useful in our discussions of the texts we’re reading. You don’t have to compose a formal paper of critical analysis (although it’s fine […]
Posted in Essays on Aug 22nd, 2019
Posted in Music on Aug 19th, 2019
Posted in Music on Aug 19th, 2019
Posted in Music on Aug 19th, 2019
Posted in Music on Aug 19th, 2019
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 3rd, 2019