Four Birds In The Awakening

In addition to the image of the man, the birds in Parov’s painting connects with Chopin’s use of birds in the Awakening to describe both the freedom and restrictions in society. In Parov’s painting, there are four birds flying towards the buildings in the background of the scene and shows their freedom as they fly through the air. These four birds at first represent the freedom Edna experiences before her downfall and that they aren’t restricted to the ground below them. However as the readers analyze the scene more closely, it can be seen that these four birds don’t actually represent freedom but instead represents the limits to freedom and the restraints society has on Edna. The four birds flying towards the building reveals that they are