Désirée’s Baby

E68787
short story

Désirée’s Baby is a short story by Kate Chopin that explores themes of race, identity, and tragic irony in antebellum Louisiana.

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Label Occurrences
Désirée’s Baby canonical 6
"Désirée’s Baby" 1
Désirée’s Baby (short story) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
antagonist Armand Aubigny ⓘ
author Kate Chopin ⓘ
centralConflict identity and ancestry ⓘ
racial prejudice within marriage ⓘ
containsCharacterType enslaved people ⓘ
slave owner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
exploresIssue hypocrisy of racist ideology ⓘ
maternal love ⓘ
patriarchal power dynamics ⓘ
social construction of race ⓘ
firstPublicationForm magazine publication ⓘ
genre realist fiction ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Realism ⓘ
surface form: American realism
literarySignificance frequently anthologized American short story ⓘ
important work in Kate Chopin’s oeuvre ⓘ
important work in studies of race in American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Armand Aubigny ⓘ
Désirée ⓘ
Désirée’s Baby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Désirée’s baby

Madame Valmondé ⓘ
Monsieur Valmondé ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narrator ⓘ
narrativeStyle omniscient narration ⓘ
plotDevice dramatic irony ⓘ
twist ending ⓘ
protagonist Désirée ⓘ
settingInstitution plantation ⓘ
settingLocation Louisiana ⓘ
settingPeriod antebellum era ⓘ
settingRegion Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
settingSocialContext slaveholding plantation society ⓘ
theme appearance versus reality ⓘ
family ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
identity ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
miscegenation ⓘ
race ⓘ
racial identity ⓘ
racism ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
social prejudice ⓘ
tragic irony ⓘ
workOf Kate Chopin ⓘ

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Kate Chopin → notableWork → Désirée’s Baby ⓘ
Désirée’s Baby → mainCharacter → Désirée’s Baby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Désirée’s baby
Madame Valmondé → appearsIn → Désirée’s Baby ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Désirée’s Baby"
Madame Valmondé → associatedWithAuthor → Désirée’s Baby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kate Chopin’s regional fiction
Monsieur Valmondé → appearsIn → Désirée’s Baby ⓘ
Katherine O’Flaherty → notableWork → Désirée’s Baby ⓘ
Clarisse → fictionalUniverse → Désirée’s Baby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kate Chopin’s Louisiana stories
Désirée → appearsIn → Désirée’s Baby ⓘ
Désirée → firstAppearedIn → Désirée’s Baby ⓘ
Désirée → associatedWith → Désirée’s Baby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Désirée’s Baby (short story)
Armand Aubigny → appearsIn → Désirée’s Baby ⓘ