Calixta As the Ideal Woman of the 1800s in At The Cadian Ball by Kate

Calixta As the Ideal Woman of the 1800s in At The Cadian eggs by Kate ChopinCalixta would be there That little Spanish vixen. No matter what the age, there are certain types of women who seem to capture the precaution of every man in the room. In the story At the Cadian B completely by Kate Chopin, the protagonist Calixta is precisely that kind of a girl. She is an atypical female person of her time. The ideal woman of the late 1800s was demure, prim and restrained. She was the paragon of prudery, reticence personified. Then there was Calixta. Calixta was everything that the idealized Madonna of her time was not. She was boldly flirtatious, impulsive, esthetical and altogether outrageous. For all these anomalous characteristics, she is admired in a fashion. specially since society of the time is rather homogenous and has strict guidelines for behavior.The heavy racial preconceptions of the times are also evident in this story. The only movement Calixtas scandalous behavior is t olerated by the community is in her ethnicity. dismantle so, the men do not seem to mind her behavior much. The women on the other hand did not always approve. Bon chien tient de race She was dismissed practically leniently since her mother was Spanish. It did not matter that Calixta had never been to Cuba. The fact that Spanish blood flowed through her veins was enough for the people to automatically assume she was indecent. perhaps Calixta was influenced by these preconceived expectations. Yet despite her shocking behavior, her indecency was innocent, and look at at the same time. Her taunts towards Bobinot, Mais, wats the matta? Standin plante la akin ole maame Tinas cow in the bog you was deliberately provocative, stock-still it came naturally to her. Since ... ...ixta is no exception. Alcee is intriguing for her therefore, she pursues him, with harmless trifling and suggestions.She does not timber quite right unless there is someone admiring her, since Alcee is obvious ly not liberation to do that, she decides Bobinot is better than nothing is. Calixtas conduct directly reflects her purposes. scorn the fact that she is distinctive in personality and manner she ends up marrying Bobinot. In essence, she does what all the women do, albeit in a different manner. She does take initiative in proposing marriage. However, the point is that she gets married. In the end, regardless of her outrageously coquettish behavior, she is like all other women and want what they have the stability and love. Thus, she marries Bobinot whom she knows loves her. Unconventional conduct besides she conforms in a fashion and obeys the rules.