...Corey Campbell June 29, 2009 English 098 Kate Chopin Essay Catherine O’ Flaherty was born February 8, 1851 (tombstone date). She would later marry Oscar Chopin and become Kate Chopin, critically acclaimed and condemned author of two novels (At Fault and The Awakening) and many short stories. She was a beautiful, intelligent woman who was able to tell powerful stories about the lives of people in the nineteenth century. Chopin’s insight writing revealed the hidden emotions, trials, and tribulations of the nineteenth century women. In the story of an hour, Chopin tells the story of Mrs. Mallard and the extraordinary changes including shock, acceptance and joy she endures during this hour in her home. Mrs. Mallard’s feelings are changed by the news of her husband’s death, the reality of living her life alone and the revelation that her husband was still alive. The glimpse into Mrs. Mallards private thoughts revealed a women momentarily saddened by the loss of her husband. “Go away. I am not making myself ill. No she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window. Her fancy was running riot along those days of her. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long”. Chopin reveals with these words that this woman is actually relived to be a widow and excited about experiencing life without the stress and...
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...Kate Chopin In the late 1800’s marriage was known to be a male-dominated union. Women submitted to their men in all aspects of life, never speaking of the unhappiness that soon followed their marriages. Today society rarely speaks of discontent in the household, so writers express silent feelings through stories. Authors incorporate personal factuality or experience into the literary piece. In “The Storm”, author Kate Chopin, through character Calixta, relates marital problems, unsettled desires, companion necessities, and destiny to subdue persistent memories. Most evidently, Kate Chopin uses marital distress between Calixta and Bibinot to reflect on discreet complications throughout her own marriage. Critical author, Emily Toth states “Evidently no one described any marital discord in the Chopin household, but, then, Southerners rarely reveal secrets of the human heart to outsiders”(163). Like Calixta, obstacles were never noticeable, instead, shielded by temporary bliss. After Alcee offered Calixta a “sensual gift,” Bobinot offers her an equal gift but on that represents his different personality, “I brought you some shrimps, Calixta…Shrimps! Oh, Bobinot! You too good fo’ anything!...we’ll have feas’ to night!”(99). Here the audience understands voluntary submission. Though Bobinot “treated” her to intimate gifts rather than sexually stimulating ones, Calixta was perfectly content with Bobinots loving and devoted meaner. One apparent connection between Chopin and...
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...[键入文档标题] [键入文档副标题] Bishan Nandy HaiYang Yu Pei-Chieh Huang Xi Lin Ashwin Kumar [键入作者姓名] Business summary Begun in 1993 by designer Kate Spade and her husband Andy, signature Kate spade bags were an instant success because of their uncomplicated design. Since then, the manufacturer has expanded into stationery, various functional bags (think diaper bags), and licensing -- with lines of homewards (sheets, tabletop items, and wallpaper), as well as beauty products, eyewear, and shoes. Women's items are sold under the Kate spade name while men's products carry the jack spade moniker. The company, which is owned by Liz Claiborne, distributes its products in Asia and sells them in the US through about 65 of its own shops and in upscale department stores. Development Strategy There are few major steps that the founders of Kate spade took to grow the business and improved the shareholders value. The business expansion strategies can be broadly subdivided into three segments: (a) forming the company and implementing the business plan; (b) positioning the product for continued growth in sales, and (c) building the brand equity and expanding the business. Kate spade started with a group of self motivated people who put forth both financial and emotional support to form the business. The founders worked with no salary and 20% stake on the company for a prolonged period until the company started making significant profit. Unlike other early stage entrepreneurial businesses...
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...Kate Spade Kate Spade's founders are evaluating how to finance and grow their luxury handbag and accessories business. As the case ends, the founding team must decide among four potential strategic partners offering to purchase different shares of Kate Spade at various valuations. Their focus is on growing and expanding the brand and product line. Customers are those seeking a bridge level fashion accessory. Competition are other bridge level fashion accessories such as Polo Ralph Lauren. Kate Spade is a fashion label which was created to offer customers a handbag that was just below the established luxury handbag brands. The company differentiates itself by focusing on fabric bags. The company has experienced a fair bit of success and the founders are now considering various options to grow the brand and extend its product line. They are considering four options of potential investment into ate Spade. People: Katy Brosnahan. Co Founder of Kate Spade. She began the original ground work to build the company. She is also the chief creative force behind the company. She has a clear vision for Kate Spade and a which position it should occupy in the fashion market. Elyce Cox. Coowner of Kate Spade. She was instrumental in the birth of the Kate Spade idea. Before coming back to join Kate Spade, she gained extensive marketing and public relations experience and Marithe & Francois Girbaud North America. Andy Spade Co-founder of Kate Spade and husband of Katy Brosnahan...
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...Kate Chopin Catherine (Kate) O'Flaherty was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 8, 1850, the second child of Thomas O'Flaherty of County Galway, Ireland, and Eliza Faris of St. Louis. Kate's family on her mother's side was of French extraction, and Kate grew up speaking both French and English. She was bilingual and bicultural--feeling at home in different communities with quite different values--and the influence of French life and literature on her thinking is noticeable throughout her fiction. From 1855 to 1868 Kate attended the St. Louis Academy of the Sacred Heart, with one year at the Academy of the Visitation. As a girl, she was mentored by woman--by her mother, her grandmother, and her great grandmother, as well as by the Sacred Heart nuns. Kate formed deep bonds with her family members, with the sisters who taught her at school, and with her life-long friend Kitty Garasché. Much of the fiction Kate wrote as an adult draws on the nurturing she received from women as she was growing up. Her early life had a great deal of trauma. In 1855, her father was killed in a railroad accident. In 1863 her beloved French-speaking great grandmother died. Kate spent the Civil War in St. Louis, a city where residents supported both the Union and the Confederacy and where her family had slaves in the house. Her half brother enlisted in the Confederate army, was captured by Union forces, and died of typhoid fever. From 1867 to 1870 Kate kept a commonplace book in which she recorded...
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...Cambridge, Kate Middleton has lived an extraordinary life. Today, I will tell you a little bit about her extraordinary life. I have thoroughly researched many important aspects of Kate’s life, from her childhood to her life as royalty. Today, I will tell you about her early childhood, relationship with William, and current life as Duchess of Cambridge. As I just mentioned I would like to tell you a little bit about Kate during her childhood years. Kate’s early childhood was quite different from the life that she lives today. Kate was born into an ordinary middle-class family and was the oldest of three children. Nicholas Kohler, in his article on Kate Middleton that appeared in Maclean’s on November 29th, 2010, tells us that Kate’s parent, Michael and Carole Middleton, met while working as flight attendants. In 1987, Carole Middleton launched a family business called Party Pieces when Kate was five years old. This successful business that sold children’s party gear made the Middleton family millionaires. The success of party pieces enables the Middleton’s to send their children to expensive boarding schools. Andrew Morton, in his book, William and Catherine: Their Story writes that Kate was bullied at Downs House, the all girls school she attended. According to the biography.com website, she continued to be bullied after she transferred to Marlborough College, where boys rated her a 2 out of 10 according to physical appearance. However, this did not hinder Kate from making...
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...A Literary Analysis of “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin (1894) Cameron J. Garrett Colorado Christian University – English Composition June 11, 2011 The foundation of a great mystery story is the sudden and unexpected ending. One that drives you to question wither you missed the warning signs of what the future of the story holds. In “The Story of an Hour” (1894), Kate Chopin masterfully weaves us through many different emotions. Concern and sympathy develop as the story unfolds while the surprise ending makes for a great story. The story is built on the basis that Mrs. Mallard is not in good health. She is described as “afflicted with a heart trouble” (p. 259 ¶1). This leading statement instantly drives the reader to be concerned for Mrs. Mallard’s health. It also sets the stage for us to be compassionate for her loss during already difficulty times. As the story continues, the concern for Mrs. Mallard’s delicate state is further strengthened by who are relaying the information of Mr. Mallard to her. The presence of her sister Josephine and Mr. Mallard’s friend Richards show the level of support that Mrs. Mallard has from her friends and family. There is no evidence in the beginning that Mrs. Mallard is anything other than a grieving wife. Ms. Chopin further develops this as she describes Mrs. Mallard as “She wept at once, with sudden wild abandonment, in her sisters arms.” (p. 259 ¶3) We are further driven to believe that Mrs. Mallard is at a great loss...
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...house gives Alcée and Calixta shelter during that storm and allows them to be together. The storm almost seems to have more of a presence than the house. One thing that stands out here, of course, is the fact that the storm is taking place during the important sexualized scene, keeping Alcée and Calixta within the house, and Bobinôt and Bibi outside of it. When the storm dissipates, Alcée and Calixta must go their separate ways, seemingly much richer for their encounter. When Bobinôt reenters his own home, he has no idea of the torrid encounter that just happened there. Clarisse, too, is removed from the main area of action – she's in another state. On a larger scale, the setting reminds us of the characters' places in the world. As the Kate Chopin International Society's site points out, there are some subtle class differences between the four main characters represented in "The Storm": Alcée and his wife Clarisse are Creoles, descendants of French settlers in Louisiana. Calixta and her husband Bobinôt are...
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...In “The Story of an Hour” published in Vogue in 1894 author Kate Chopin wrote about a woman named Mrs. Mallard who is given bad news that her husband has been killed in a railroad disaster. In a second story by Kate Chopin “The Storm” published in Louisiana State University, in 1969 Chopin writes about a woman named ‘Calixte’ who had an affair on her husband with a past lover during a storm. The last story by Kate Chopin “Desiree Baby’s” is about an orphan who got married and had a baby by a well-known and respected man whose attitude towards her changed due to the skin color of their son. These three stories have many similarities and differences in the type of male dominated oppression and relieve each woman felt in their marriage. For instance,...
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...Candice Swanepoel Dr. Gary Montaño English 1302 13 February 2013 Forbidden Love Kate Chopin’s short story “The Storm” tells about Calixta’s adultery and unhappiness with her husband. Bobinôt and Bobi, Calixta’s husband and son, are at Friedheimer’s grocery store. Bibi notices clouds starting to build, followed by a threatening roar. They both decide to wait at Friedheimer’s store until the storm is over. Bibi asks and wonders about his mother all alone in the house. Meanwhile, Calixta is at home sewing furiously. She is very occupied and does not notice the storm. She finally looks up and goes outside to gather the clothes. She sees Alcee, an old friend of hers. Alcèe asks Calixta if he can wait with her until the storm is over. They are both in her room, as she starts feeling nervous, Calixta stares out a window as Alcee follows, looking over her shoulder. Lightening strikes a chinaberry tree and frightens Calixta, and he comforts her. Alcee brings her close to him. While she worries over Bibi, Alcee looks at her with passionate eyes and remembers the times he has desired her. He cannot resist her beauty. White neck, red moist lips, and her blue eyes disturb him powerfully. As he kisses her, it reminds him of Assumption. They talk about Assumption how he had kissed her. He looks at desires her body, and he compares the white couch Calixta is laying on to her firm flesh. Alcèe starts pleasing her, and they both give themselves up. The rain is over and the sun comes up....
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...Kate Chopin was born in St.louis And was a daughter of an Irish immigrant. When her father died she was raised by her mother's family in Louisiana. After 1883, when her husband died she began to bring into American fiction of some of their hard-eye observations and their passion for telling the unpleasant truth (According to Revel Bibliography). “The Storm” by Kate took place in 1969, In southern Louisiana. The storm can be described as a central metaphor and is divided into a section to show how it progresses over time. In the time this short story is written women depended on men. In the beginning, one of the protagonists Named Calixta is left at home by her husband and son. As the son and husband wait at the store until the storm dies down her son worries about her. She also worries about them...
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...“The Story of the Hour’ by Kate Chopin is story about a young women who has been married to a man for some time when she finds out he was killed in a work accident. She almost has the sensation of being free before her husband walks through the door, unhurt and alive, only to kill the young woman upon sight. Being taken out of context it can be presumed that the young woman's husband was a very unfriendly man and not a good husband. This young woman has a moment in time where she is free from her husband and appears to become a renewed person for a brief time. I believe that the young woman has been freed from the husband only to regain the innocence she once had but her husband had taken away from her and continued to do so. Innocence is...
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...Mainiero, Linda. American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide From Colonial Times To The Present. New York: Fredrick Ungar Publish Co., 1979. After Kate Chopin graduated from Scared Heart Convent, she married Oscar Chopin, a native of Louisiana. In 1870 she moved to New Orleans with her husband and had 5 children. Her first poem “If it might be” was published in 1899. “At Fault” her first novel was established in 1890. Toth, Emily . Unveiling Kate Chopin. Jackson, Miss: University Press of Mississippi, 1999. When Kate Chopin began publishing fiction in national magazines, she was doing something no other women in St. Louis had ever done. Kate was surrounded by the voices of women – from her mammy to her mother and grandmother, to the Sacred Heart nuns, to her best friend Kitty Garesche....
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...Kate Chopin is one of the most famous writers in 19th century. Her short story “ The Story of An Hour” is one of the most outstanding works in her numerous novels. Although the length of this story is short, and it has less than two-thousands words, it wins the favor of many critics because its exquisite language, dramatic plot, changing creative skills, and deep themes. This story tells readers a one hour story in Mrs. Mallard’s life. Mrs. Mallard has heart disease, so her sister and her husband’s friend tell the news of Mr. Mallard’s death very carefully. They both think when Louise hears the news, she will get sick. However, Mrs. Mallard feels very excited, even looks like a goddess of Victory. Though the news makes her sad, she finally...
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...“Story of an Hour” In class while reading Kate Chopin’s short story “Story of an Hour” it helps to understand how the world was in the antebellum time period. What some of the do’s and don’ts were. A major one was how Kate wrote her stories, it was not appropriate for women to write things such as this or many other of her stories. In this story she uses contrast and irony to show the difference in gender, race, and class. Starting with gender, like stated before this was written during the antebellum time period, which means before the civil war. At this time the women have no rights and are just considered property of their husbands. Mrs. Mallards has a history of “heart trouble” (pg 57) so when telling her that of her husband’s death,...
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