Life in the Iron Mills
Both Life in the Iron Mills and The Awakening represent the tragic death of an artist. Rebecca Harding Davis describes the life of Hugh, an aspiring artist confined to his role as a lower class mill worker. Kate Chopin portrays Edna Pontellier as a talented painter similarly confined by her role as a wife and mother. Both Edna and Hugh possess an artistic talent that leads them to question the meaning of their existence. Each character seeks to represent truth or emotions that transcends their contemporary social setting. Edna’s search for passions and Hugh’s longing for expression and beauty lead them both beyond the social confines of their times. As a result, the strict societal role by which they define themselves shatters, leaving Hugh and Edna to look beyond the accepted roles of men and women of the time to search for their true identities. Both Life in the Iron Mills and The Awakening end with the seemingly tragic death of the artist. Yet, both Hugh and Edna obtain a brief true happiness by themselves becoming artistic creations that transcend their contemporary social worlds.Edna and Hugh use their art as a form of expression. Hugh creates his grotesque sculpture of a woman ravaged by hunger to express a deep need that
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Approximate Word count = 1706
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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