Documented Argument of the Awakening
Kate Chopin's depiction of "The Awakening" is realistic as she develops Edna Pontellier's character from a socially and morally respectable individual to an individual that turns her back on everything closest …show more content…
Madame Reisz shoes it through her music only. Madame Reisz is cantankerous and set in her ways as Chopin reveals, "She was a small woman, no longer young, who didn't agree with anyone, who would argue with almost everyone, owing to a mind set that was self fulfilling and a settlement in character to walk over other people's rights (43). Edna admires Mademoiselle Reisz and her talent. Steven T. Ryan tells, "Chopin's interest in feminism is apparent in the model of Mademoiselle Reisz and in Edna's struggle to define herself outside the social codes of marriage and motherhood (253). Mme. Reisz has independence, something of which Edna does not possess. Edna wants independence and does not achieve it to some degree. The summer her children are gone and Leonce is gone to New York on business "she decides to move out of her house and move into the little house around the block. A feverish anxiety attended her every action in that direction (Chopin 141). Edna's admiration for Mme. Reisz's independent nature also extends to Adele Ratignolle too, but a different admiration …show more content…
Edna admires the way Adele is happy by the pure existence of her family. Carley Rees Bogard claims, "Neither Adele nor Mlle. Reisz provide an adequate model for Edna. Because she is in the midst of a total awakening, she cannot accept a view of art or self as isolating and consuming (18). Edna admires Adele for her motherly ways, though she knows she is nothing like her. Ryan believes that "Edna sees herself much like Camus's Janine in "The Adulterous Woman," as an isolated individual caressed by nature's force and both isolated and treed by her self-realization (254).
After Alcee Arobin walks into Edna's life he literally charms and manipulates her pants off. At the time of his appearance Edna's sexuality is already heightened. Robert isn't around and all she needs at the point is a willing subject. Arobin's objective with any woman is obvious. Ryan admits, "With Arobin, Edna does unleash her sexuality, but she is consistently ambivalent in her reaction to the superficial charm of Arobin"
Kate Chopin's depiction of "The Awakening" is realistic as she develops Edna Pontellier's character from a socially and morally respectable individual to an individual that turns her back on everything closest …show more content…
Madame Reisz shoes it through her music only. Madame Reisz is cantankerous and set in her ways as Chopin reveals, "She was a small woman, no longer young, who didn't agree with anyone, who would argue with almost everyone, owing to a mind set that was self fulfilling and a settlement in character to walk over other people's rights (43). Edna admires Mademoiselle Reisz and her talent. Steven T. Ryan tells, "Chopin's interest in feminism is apparent in the model of Mademoiselle Reisz and in Edna's struggle to define herself outside the social codes of marriage and motherhood (253). Mme. Reisz has independence, something of which Edna does not possess. Edna wants independence and does not achieve it to some degree. The summer her children are gone and Leonce is gone to New York on business "she decides to move out of her house and move into the little house around the block. A feverish anxiety attended her every action in that direction (Chopin 141). Edna's admiration for Mme. Reisz's independent nature also extends to Adele Ratignolle too, but a different admiration …show more content…
Edna admires the way Adele is happy by the pure existence of her family. Carley Rees Bogard claims, "Neither Adele nor Mlle. Reisz provide an adequate model for Edna. Because she is in the midst of a total awakening, she cannot accept a view of art or self as isolating and consuming (18). Edna admires Adele for her motherly ways, though she knows she is nothing like her. Ryan believes that "Edna sees herself much like Camus's Janine in "The Adulterous Woman," as an isolated individual caressed by nature's force and both isolated and treed by her self-realization (254).
After Alcee Arobin walks into Edna's life he literally charms and manipulates her pants off. At the time of his appearance Edna's sexuality is already heightened. Robert isn't around and all she needs at the point is a willing subject. Arobin's objective with any woman is obvious. Ryan admits, "With Arobin, Edna does unleash her sexuality, but she is consistently ambivalent in her reaction to the superficial charm of Arobin"