In the following essay, Skredsvig analyzes "Beyond the Bayou" and "Désirée's Baby" from geographical and gender-based perspectives, claiming that Chopin's "choices of characters, subject matters, settings, and style" allow her short fiction to become "a site of personal inscription and ... a diagram of social terrains".
In her article, Amanda Lee Castro discusses the relationship between characters and the physical setting in Chopin's "The Awakening", and the impact of the "destructive" forces in the novel.
Cunningham maintains that the heroine of "The Story of an Hour" dies of shock resulting from an overwhelming feeling of freedom in the wake of her husband's supposed death.
In the following essay, Stein notes the ironic ambiguity of "The Storm," contending that Chopin embraced the viewpoints of all the characters without taking sides.
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