Analysis Of The Sexual Affair With Arobin In The Awakening By Kate Chopin

Claim: Edna’s Pontellier sexual affair with Arobin in The Awakening goes far beyond just sex. Analysis: Until the mid-1900s, the idea of sexual intercourse being implemented in literature and mass media was very controversial; conservative America censored risqué material. Kate Chopin, like many authors before her, used indirect to convey sexual actions between characters to avoid this censorship. Chopin implies that Edna cheated on her husband when she is tempted by Arobin: “He did not answer, except to continue to caress her. He did not say good night until she had become supple to his gentle, seductive treaties” (Chopin 93). The use of sexual acts in literature is almost never just meant to be promiscuous but gives a deeper meaning to