From submission to defiance women’s personal growth in kate chopin’s the awakening and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their eyes were watching god

Abstract

My thesis has explored the patriarchal societies’ expectations, the conditions of women in marriage, and the different paths towards female gender identity in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. The aim of my research has been to depict the protagonists’ plight in marriage and their challenge of the society’s rule. Both of them are women who progress physically and emotionally looking for love, self-fulfillment, and identity. Throughout this study, I have tackled female personal growth after a long period of oppression; physical as well as emotional suffering