Desires` Baby: Charakterisierung überlesen bitte

Hallo! Ich muss bis morgen eine Charaktieriserung schreiben von Desiree aus der Geschichte `Desiress Baby`, und wollte mal fragen, ob jemand drüberlesen könnte und es verbessert und kontrolliert. Gerade was die Zeitform(en) betrifft, bin ich mir nicht ganz sicher.

Danke schonmal!

The short story “Desiree’s Baby”, written by Kate Chopin deals in general with the problem of slavery and the alleged differences between Afro-Americans and white people.
Desiree, one of the protagonists in the story, plays the role of a loving wife and a caring mother, who sees herself caught in the middle of expectations and social conventions so that there is no other way than killing herself to break out of that endless circle.
She is described as fair-skinned, has grey eyes and long brown hair (cf. p.10, l.30). Adopted by Mr. Valmonde and his wife she raises to be “beautiful, gentle, affectionate and sincere – the idol of Valmonde” (cf. p.10. ll. 6-7). Nevertheless “she was nameless” (cf. p.10, l.20) and had nothing to offer nor to expect. The moment when Armand Aubigny who “could give her one of the oldest and proudest names in Louisiana” (cf. p.10, ll. 21-22) fell in love with her when she was just 18 years old promised a life full of happiness. They got married and soon Desiree gave birth to a Baby Boy. During that time Armand changed from being “imperious” (cf. p.12, l.11) to being a proud and caring husband, for what Desiree loved him desperately (“When he[Armand] smiled, she asked nor grater blessing of God”, cf. p 12, l.14 and “I’m so happy; it frightens me” cf. p.12, l.9)
A visit of Mme Valmonde to see her daughter and the Baby could have been the first time when Desiree realized that there is something “not right” with the Baby. However being so overwhelmed with joy she does not see the point her mother is aiming at when saying “That is not the Baby” (cf. p. 11, l.13). That happens when the Baby is three month old and a sudden change in Armand’s behavior finally led her to the conclusion that the Baby is dark-skinned and that this is what is “wrong” about it (“Desiree was miserable enough to die”, cf. p. 12, l. 28). She talks to her husband who blames her for the child’s skin color and lets him decide about her destiny when asking whether she should leave the plantation or not. Not knowing that his wife is not the one to blame for the skin color he sends her away and leads her and the Baby to death.
The story of Desiree’s life shows her as a young, naive girl who turns into a strong woman.
In the beginning of the story she loses herself in creating her own perfect, little world and she thinks that love and affection are enough to break the rules the society made. Full of love for Armand and the Baby, she loses the view on reality.
The Baby which she adores so much turns from a heavenly gift to a curse she has to carry and displays her desperate wish for a difference in the society which she hopes to find in Armand by asking “What does it [the Baby’s skin color] mean?” (cf. p. 13, ll.23-24). Desiree refuses to accept that the color of the Baby is the reason for Armand’s change, that is what may show Desiree as a emancipate woman – not the overwhelmed girl, she was in the beginning. She knows that the Baby is a part of her, the skin color does not bother her, and she loved it from the very beginning. Thus, she decides to take the boy with her when leaving, because she does not want him to grow up in a world where he is not accepted as a proper human-being.
Desiree chooses the dead for her and the Baby, accepts the decision Armand made and accepts the consequences that she thinks she has to carry, without knowing that it is Armand who really has to blame himself.
All in all it is a kind of sad and ironic that Armand who is expected to be smart and intelligent does not accept a child that is his own and that reflects his family background. So it is Desiree, a young woman who turns out to be stronger than her husband. She would have accepted and loved the Baby, even though it is black. For that reason, Desiree stands for a generation of young and independent women in an area of slavery and discrimination.