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Deyo's commentary represents the type of attitude that forced women to conform to standards that while they are not demeaning, they are not for every female. Chopin knew that some women were not designed to be mothers and wives and she knew that there was absolutely nothing wrong with this assertion. Chopin and Edna were women out of time, living with others that could not accept the fact that a woman could be single and happy. Edna's death is seen as pathetic but what critics fail to understand about her death is that it proved to be the only acceptable way of life for Edna. All other options had been exhausted and the duty of wife and mother was simply unacceptable because it created more anxiety than anyone on the Pontellier family could bear. Edna knew that her future was bleak and she knew that a depressed, disassociated...

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"The Newest Books." Critical Essays on Kate Chopin. 1996. GALE Resource
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Chopin, Kate. The Awakening and Other Short Stories. New York: Bantam Books. 1988.

Parini, Jay, ed. American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. New York: Charles

Scribner's Sons. 2003.

Robinson, Marilynne. Introduction: The Awakening and Other Short Stories. New York: Bantam

Books. 1988.

Simon, Karen. "Kate Chopin on the nature of things." Mississippi Quarterly. 1998, Vol. 51.

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Deyo, C.L. "The Newest Books." Critical Essays on Kate Chopin. 1996. GALE Resource

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Chopin, Kate. The Awakening and Other Short Stories. New York: Bantam Books. 1988.

Parini, Jay, ed. American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. New York: Charles
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