Tragic female bildungsroman in Kate Chopin’s : the awakening

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This research aims at studying the tragic bildungsroman of a young female in Kate Chopin’s (1850-1904) The Awakening (1899).

As a bildungsroman novel, The Awakening tackles the progress of a young female protagonist toward self-understanding and a sense of social responsibility.

Kate Chopin portrays the awareness and struggle of her protagonist against the social forces repressing her.

The tragedy which happened to her in searching for self-identity could not be fulfilled due to the wrong choices the protagonist had made and the traditions of the society which she could not change.

Chopin believes that women must not be tied to the irrational limitations and conventions of the society because they have their own will which should not be violated.