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Analyse three short stories by Kate Chopin. What do you discover about marriage and the lives of women in late nineteenth century USA? From an early age Kate Chopin was exposed to a female dominated environment. Her father died when she was but five years of age, leaving her in the care of her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, all of whom were widowed and strong independent women. Influenced by her family, Chopin grew up as a confident young woman. Her unconventional attitude to life soon became apparent when during the American civil war she supported the rebel South in a Union-supporting city. Chopin's eccentric behaviour gained much disapproval; she walked the streets alone and was the first woman in St Louis to smoke. At the age of twenty, Kate Chopin (previously Katherine O'Flaherty), married a man named Oscar Chopin. We can assume that at this point Chopin was forced to conform...

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