The Feminist Movement: Hawthorne and Chopin

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In our history, women have always been inferior to men. The role they have in society, at this time, is to care for the family and household while the male earns the income. As a result of this, women begin to fight for their rights in what we call the feminist movement. This movement is also relevant in the literature of the time. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a woman by the name of Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery and is made to wear a scarlet letter on her breast as a sign of her sin. In "At the Cadian Ball" and "The Storm," Chopin shows a more modern age of feminism through the adulteress Calixta. Hawthorne and Chopin show how society and the feminist movement advance over time through their works.

How Hawthorne and Chopin Express their Views on the Feminist Movement

Hawthorne and Chopin show how they support the feminist movement in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Chopin’s “At the ‘Cadian Ball” and “The Storm”. These works show women’s rise to power. Hester and Calixta are the two main characters that exemplify women’s strong nature. Hawthorne an...

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