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occasion. When going out to dinners the dress should be a full length silk or velvet material for winter and a light, lavish material for summertime. Jewelry should be worn all over being the best that can be attained and the dresses color should be a light neutral tint (Young 127). When receiving calls a females dress should be of silk or other light materials, but plain with dullish colors (Young 126). It should be worn with cuffs, lace collars, and light amount of jewelry, but when worn for special holidays or evenings the dress should be livened up. In all, The Awakening, vividly describes French-Creole culture and gives a strong feeling of it?s Society in the 1890s. Women individuality and independence seem to be a overlying theme in this story. Chopin also describes Creole

women, personal relationships , and the etiquette of Creoles throughout her Novel. Creole Society has a very close community that results in a fun and comfortable society. That was definitely shown in The Awakening , but not felt by Edna Pontellier who was just trying to find herself for her whole life. When she get intermixed with Creoles it showed her what she was missing, but was not able to grasp so that she could fit in to society for once. 7dc Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. New York: Avon, 1998. Culley, Margo. ?Editor?s Note: Contexts of ?The Awakening.? ?The Awakening?: An Authoritative Text. Ed. Margo Culley. New York: Norton, 1994. 117-122. Eaton Clement. The Civilization of the Old South. Ed. Albert D. Kirwan. Lexington: U of Kentucky P, 1968. 83. Qtd. in Walker, 252.

Shaffter, Mary L. ?Creole Women.? The Chatauquan 15 (1982) : 346-347. Rpt. in ?The Awakening?: An Authoritative Text. Ed. Margo Culley. New York: Norton, 1994. 137-139. Walker, Nancy. ?Feminist or Naturalist?? The Social Context of Kate Chopin?s The Awakening. 17(1979) : 95-103. Rpt. in ?The Awakening? : An Authoritative Text. Ed. Margo Culley. New York: Norton, 1994. 137-139. Wells, Richard A. ?An Etiquette Advice Book Sampler.? Decorum: A Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress of the Best American Society. (1886): 248-49. Rpt. in ?The Awakening?: An Authoritative Text. Ed. Margo Culley. New York: Norton, 1994.122-125. Young, John H. ?An Etiquette Advice Book Sampler.? Our Deportment, Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society. (1882): 56. Rpt. in ?The

Awakening?: An Authoritative Text. Ed. Margo Culley. New York: Norton, 1994. 122-125.