Chopin and Wharton

Writing Prompt:  Kate Chopin and Edith Wharton wrote about the issues surrounding women, family, and women’s place in society. Choose one of the assigned stories. For your mini-essay post, discuss one of the issues in the story you chose. 

IMPORTAN: 

300 words mini essay.

Include In-text citation.

Kate Chopin

 Read  “The Story of an Hour”: http://www.katechopin.org/pdfs/Kate%20Chopin%2c%20The%20Story%20of%20an%20Hour.pdf

  Read  “Desirée’s Baby”: http://www.katechopin.org/pdfs/desirees-baby.pdf

Edith Wharton

Read “The Other Two”: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/w/wharton/edith/descent_of_man/chapter2.html

Please Note: There are several transcription errors at the end of three sections in Wharton’s story.

You can ignore them.:

End of section I: Waythorn moved away with a gesture of refusal

End of section III: “Why, how do you do?” she said with a distinct note of pleasure

End of section IV: “Earth’s Martyrs.” By Stephen Phillips.