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"The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing. whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude.", Edna announces this just before her 'last-swim'. Throughout the novel the sea signified escape and empowerment from the real world responsibilities. Learning to swim gave Edna empowerment by allowing her to control her body and soul in a way she had not felt before. As the novel progresses the sea becomes a place of affair, a place were Edna can be with Robert and forget her husband, and children; this escape is brought upon by her husbands dislike of swimming. After realizing that there is no place or person for Edna to express her true desires and love she ultimately decides that the empowerment of the
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