Edna's Suicide In 'The Awakening'

In “The Awakening” the protagonist Edna Pontellier awakens herself on a family vacation on Grand Isle. Her awakening consists of meeting Robert Lebrun,falling in love with him, and becoming defiant of her husband. Her defiance is more evident as the story continues, while still on vacation, Edna refuses to go to bed, instead, she lays in a hammock all night until her muscles are sore. Once back home on Esplanade Street Edna refused to take call Tuesday, instead, she decides to go out which infuriates her husband whom is worried about their social status. Introduce author and story title ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Edna's suicide is intentional as seen by her past experiences, her mannerisms, and her relationships. …show more content…
Edna, makes her live very hard in the novel especially as she becomes more defiant of her husband and more in love with Robert. Edna’s overall experience is negative, when she gets mad at her husband, she stomps on her wedding ring, sends her children away, then kills herself.Explain 1 (This shows...This means… To explain… This proves…) After the falling out of Edna and her husband about her not being there to take call, she goes up to her bedroom. As you can see, there is a very negative relationship between Edna and her husband Leonce which carries on Edna’s negative experience. Edna's mannerisms __________ she wants to kill hersel
Edna’s suicide was intentional all day long. Why would someone go swimming in January or February? Why would you go swimming if you weren’t the most experienced swimmer? “Exhaustion was pressing upon and overpowering her.” (117) Explain 1 (This shows...This means… To explain… This