Freedom In Chopin's The Awakening
Freedom:
“ She began to look with her own eyes; to see and to apprehend the deeper undercurrents of life. No longer was she content to "feed upon opinion" when her own soul had invited her.” (32)
-This quote supports the theme of freedom because Edna has finally stopped listening to what others have to say, and altering her life to that. She beginning to control her own life.
“But they need not have thought that they could possess her, body and soul.” (Chp 39)
-This quote supports the theme of freedom because at the end of the novella, Edna has finally become “free” and she wanted for everyone who thought that they possessed her, that they didn’t and they never will.
Sense of Self:
“In short, Mrs. Pontellier was beginning to realize her …show more content…
Edna was a very strong, smart, and independent woman. She had to “fight for her right.” Her society always saw her as the wife of someone and expected her to do what wife-mother’s would do in this time. She didn’t like the rules that were forced upon her. She wanted to be independent. Her husband expected her to be the typical woman as well. "Mr. Pontellier had been a rather courteous husband so long as he met a certain tacit submissiveness in his wife. But her new and unexpected line of conduct completely bewildered him. It shocked him. Then her absolute disregard for her duties as a wife angered him." She wanted to be free from the life she was expected to live. She wanted to live happily and how she wanted. Robert was her sense of freedom. He gave her what she need, and though what they did was wrong,that excited her, she loved the feeling of doing something wrong. At the end of the story Edna decides to walk into the ocean and keep walking until she couldn't walk anymore. Eventually her eyes shut and relaxation consumed her. I do believe that things could've ended differently though. She may have believed that her life was always going to be that way, but that might have not been the case. I don't believe in giving up on something, you should ALWAYS stay and put up a fight no matter what. If she would've been more prominent and stayed stronger, I guarantee that there would've been a change for
“ She began to look with her own eyes; to see and to apprehend the deeper undercurrents of life. No longer was she content to "feed upon opinion" when her own soul had invited her.” (32)
-This quote supports the theme of freedom because Edna has finally stopped listening to what others have to say, and altering her life to that. She beginning to control her own life.
“But they need not have thought that they could possess her, body and soul.” (Chp 39)
-This quote supports the theme of freedom because at the end of the novella, Edna has finally become “free” and she wanted for everyone who thought that they possessed her, that they didn’t and they never will.
Sense of Self:
“In short, Mrs. Pontellier was beginning to realize her …show more content…
Edna was a very strong, smart, and independent woman. She had to “fight for her right.” Her society always saw her as the wife of someone and expected her to do what wife-mother’s would do in this time. She didn’t like the rules that were forced upon her. She wanted to be independent. Her husband expected her to be the typical woman as well. "Mr. Pontellier had been a rather courteous husband so long as he met a certain tacit submissiveness in his wife. But her new and unexpected line of conduct completely bewildered him. It shocked him. Then her absolute disregard for her duties as a wife angered him." She wanted to be free from the life she was expected to live. She wanted to live happily and how she wanted. Robert was her sense of freedom. He gave her what she need, and though what they did was wrong,that excited her, she loved the feeling of doing something wrong. At the end of the story Edna decides to walk into the ocean and keep walking until she couldn't walk anymore. Eventually her eyes shut and relaxation consumed her. I do believe that things could've ended differently though. She may have believed that her life was always going to be that way, but that might have not been the case. I don't believe in giving up on something, you should ALWAYS stay and put up a fight no matter what. If she would've been more prominent and stayed stronger, I guarantee that there would've been a change for