Of A Perfect Woman In Kate Chopin's 'Madame Ratignolle'

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every womanly grace and charm. If her husband did not adore her, he was a brute, deserving of death by slow torture. Her name was Adele Ratignolle" (IV pg 12). Edna can be like Madame Ratignolle who represents the mole of a perfect mother and wife. She represented all of the Creole woman, and everyone looks up to her. Chopin also show another path, or mole, Edna could take. Edna has the option of living all alone and keeping to herself like the character Mademoiselle Reisz. Edna couldn’t follow Madame Ratignolle path because Edna wasn’t satisfied with just being a mother and wife. She couldn’t follow Mademoiselle Reisz’s path because she didn’t want to be alone all her life she longed for Robert’s love. In the end Edna can’t seem to fit in any of the moles that are presented to her, so she must create her own mole. That is just like woman today. Society present woman today with mole of a perfect woman, and everyone can’t fit the mold so they are focused to create their own mole, and since they can’t fit in the mole they a looked at differently. The truth is we are not meant to fit a mole that someone else has forced upon us. We are meant to create our own moles.

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She shows her readers that society gives women to option. Woman can be the perfect woman that love her children and husband only, and wants nothing more and nothing less. The other option is to live alone with nobody to love. She does this by creating two character are perfect mold of the two option. Madame Ratignolle who represents the mole of a perfect mother and wife, or living all alone and keeping to herself like the character Mademoiselle Reisz. Chopin shows her readers that not all women can fit these two molds, and she lets the readers now that nothing is wrong with having to create your own mold. You can still be a good mother, wife, and woman even if you are not living by society 's

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