A Respectable Woman

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"A Respectable Woman" is a short story by Kate Chopin that explores themes of desire, social convention, and inner conflict through the perspective of a married woman confronting unexpected attraction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author Kate Chopin ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
character Gouvernail ⓘ
Mrs. Baroda ⓘ
Mrs. Baroda's husband ⓘ
conflictType internal conflict ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre realist fiction ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
hasTheme constraints of marriage ⓘ
self-control ⓘ
social expectations of women ⓘ
tension between respectability and desire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement American realism ⓘ
linked to: Realism
mainCharacter Mrs. Baroda ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person limited ⓘ
plotElement a married woman confronts unexpected attraction to her husband's friend ⓘ
primaryTheme desire ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
inner conflict ⓘ
marital fidelity ⓘ
social convention ⓘ
protagonistStatus married woman ⓘ
publicationForm magazine short story ⓘ
setting a Louisiana plantation ⓘ
settingRegion American South ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted late 19th century ⓘ

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A Night in Acadie → hasPart → A Respectable Woman ⓘ