The Victorian woman was the "old maid, fallen woman, and the angel in the house" (Claire Kahane, 5), all rolled into one. This same Victorian woman "captured the complicated effects of the era's attempt to control the representation of women's nature" (5). In the 1880...

The Awakening by Kate Chopin The Victorian woman was the "old maid, fallen woman, and the angel in the house" (Claire Kahane, 5), all rolled into one. This same Victorian woman "captured the complicated effects of the era's attempt to control the representation of women's ...