Desiree's Baby | Ideas for Reports and Papers
1. "Desiree's Baby" is said to be an example of Howellsian (after the style of William Dean Howells) realism. Explain this concept, and elaborate on how Chopin succeeds in portraying ordinary people with ordinary problems.
2. Choose one of Chopin's other stories, such as "A Lady of Bayou St. John" or "La Belle Zoraide," and compare and contrast how the themes of love and devotion are handled in that story and in "Desiree's Baby." Include an answer to the following question: "Is devotion to an ideal more satisfying than love itself?"
3. Define irony, and examine how...
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