Desirees Baby By Kate Chopin Essay Research 2

Desiree.s Baby. (By Kate Chopin) Essay, Research Paper

`Question: Explore

the social and emotional pressures on Desiree that led her to kill both herself

and her baby. Introduction: This is a story, which is

set in 1850, about a young married couple that have a child, which is of a

mixed race. There is a confusion of Desiree.s origin causing her to kill her

self and her baby... ........When Armand fell in love with Desiree nothing could stop

him not even her origin this was odd as the only thing that made Armand hate

her in the end was her origin. It says that his love .swept like an avalanche..

This meant nothing could stop his love for her. When he saw her one-day he fell

in love with her as if .struck by a pistol. it also says .this was the way all

Aubigneys fell in love.. But he did not love her before. Monsieur Valmonde also

reminded Armand .that is, the girls obscure origin. but Armand did not care.

Also that she was nameless but .what did it matter about a name when he could

give her one of the oldest and proudest in Louisiana.. So Armand and Desiree

get married. Plus he loves his child and Desiree so much doesn.t even punish

the slaves because of his happiness. ......... Madame Valmonde had

not seen the baby and Desiree for four weeks. When she saw the child she said

.this is not your baby.. I think this is because Madame Valmonde recognised it

had black ancestry from either Desiree or Armand. Where as Desiree and Armand

are with the baby alot of the time. Desiree takes it the wrong way and says how

much the baby.s grown. Madame Valmonde didn.t move her .eyes from the child..

She also moved the baby into lightness this gives us more evidence she

suspected black ancestry in the baby. It says .she scanned the baby narrowly..

But then she looked at Zandrine but she turns her head away from Madame

Valmonde. This obviously means she suspects it to but wants to deny it. Other

people that I think that recognised are the slaves because they would be happy

after the way that Armand treats them. So someone like Zandrine could have

spreaded it around to all the other slaves. It also odd because Armand loved

his child but when he finds out that he son has black ancestry he hates him and

I cruel to the other slaves. ......... One day Desiree awoke

and found .there was something menacing her peace.. Armand manner also changed.

She was afraid to ask him why. When he spoke to her .it was with averted

eyes... This equaled . the old

love-light seemed to have gone out.. He also avoided her and the baby. The .very spirit

of Satan seemed suddenly to take hold of him in his dealings with the slaves..

Desiree is miserable enough to die, which is ironic because it.s like she

already knew about him hating her for her origin. He was in this manner because

I think he recognised the baby.s black ancestry and will not tolerate it.s him

but blames it on Desiree but he shouldn.t have reacted like that but that.s my

opinion but I guess it was differrent then. ......... That day she realized a change in

her husband manner, an .air of mystery among the blacks; unexpected visits from

far off neighbours. this could be liked by the slaves spreading the truth about

Desiree.s baby. She really realized when she was sitting in her room watching

her baby get fanned by the quadroon boy. Her eye.s .had been fixed absently and

sadly upon the baby. Then she realized and cried of pain but didn.t know she

was. She .looked from her child to the boy stood beside him, and back again

over and over. When she realised her .blood turned like ice in her veins. and

.clammy moisture gathered up on her face.. After all this happens Armand walks

in, She went to him asking to look at their son. ......... When Desiree tries to talk to him about the baby he is

very defensive and not sympathetic to her. She didn.t blame him and .clutched

his arm. but Armand thrust her arm away. She doesn.t know what to do and he

isn.t helping her. When she spoke to him her voice must have stabbed him.

Armand makes it very clear it was her fault. He says .the child is not white

your not white.. He kept on blaming her of having black ancestry and she denies

everything but Armand is on the positive side, as she doesn.t know her origin.

Even though she tries to write a letter to her mother finding out her origin.

Her mother wrote back saying what she didn.t want to hear. But on the other

hand Armand also has dark skin but it isn.t taken so seriously. He is also

angry about the .unconscious injury she had bought upon the home and his name..

She has been hit to hard to go on so she walks out the door wishing he called

her. But there was no reply. That was it she just had to take the baby and

runaway. She tried everything she can even though he is the one with black

ancestry.........

When Desiree sends the letter to her mother the reply says com

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