The (in)appropriateness of Edna's behavior throughout the novel. Does her "awakening" benefit society, women, or herself? "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin.
Title: The (in)appropriateness of Edna's behavior throughout the novel. Does her "awakening" benefit society, women, or herself?
"The Awakening" by Kate Chopin.
Category: /History/North American History
Details: Words: 1003 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The (in)appropriateness of Edna's behavior throughout the novel. Does her "awakening" benefit society, women, or herself?
"The Awakening" by Kate Chopin.
Category: /History/North American History
Details: Words: 1003 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
When "The Awakening" begins, Edna is a polite and respectable woman who concerns herself little with her standing in society; however, as her "awakening" progresses, she's transformed into a self-centered and detrimental member of her community. Edna lets her misconception that she has a more complex understanding of the world serve as an excuse for her to harm everyone around her. In reality, Edna's "awakening" is only a change from a kind to an unappealing …showed first 75 words of 1003 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1003 total…and Robert is left heartbroken. Edna's immorality hardly makes her a model for other women to follow, and if anything, Edna has wasted an opportunity to make a stand for women, and instead, has only disgraced the cause. In the end, Edna has virtually squandered the final hours of her life. She has not been a source of happiness or good deeds, or strength for others. All Edna accomplishes is a quiet death by drowning.
