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On the Tension in Kate Chopin’s Desiree’s Baby
HUANG Meng-si
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2022.07.003
Wuhan University of Technology, Hubei Wuhan, China, 430070
Kate Chopin’s famous short story Desiree’s Baby attracts a large number of readers with its dramatic ending and thematic implication. The love and hate of Armand, the sharp contrast between L’Abri manor and Valmonde plantation and the twists and turns of the plot form the tension beauty of this story. In order to further explore Desiree’s Baby, this paper interprets the emotional tension, image tension and plot tension in the short story. It further explores the thematic implication and artistic beauty of the novel, and reveals Chopin’s criticism of racism.
desiree’s baby, emotional tension, image tension, plot tension
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, July 2022, Vol. 12, No. 7, 712-715
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