Emotions In The Awakening

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The collage, journal, and the song of the project reflects on the experiences of the protagonist character, Edna Pontellier. The characters who reflects as well is her husband, Leonce Pontellier, and Robert Lebrun. Based on the collage of the project, it reflects on the emotions that Edna encountered. The journals represent her emotions and thoughts. Along with the collage and the journals, the song reflects on the relationship she has with her Leonce and Robert. Although Edna's situation took place during the Victorian time period, women in this society encounter her same situations.

The song choice, "I honestly love you," is written by the English-Australian singer, Olivia Newton-John reflects greatly on the relationship that Edna and Robert hold. The song is written so that it can be relatable to any person in a relationship who falls for someone else that they can not be
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Those emotions that Edna felt were heartbreak, guilt, depression, passion, and confusion. The emotions were mainly caused by her relationship with her husband, Robert, and rejection of being a supportive mother to her children. The images and words on the collage evince the thoughts and emotions that a reader could guess. It also benefits the reader into learning more about the main character.

The journals represent the thoughts and emotions that Edna would have expressed if she would have ever written in a journal. Edna journals would have an archaic feel and look as if they were over 100 years old. The journals are also supposed to have an appearance as if they are from the Victorian time period. The major points of the journals focus on her relationship with men, her relationship with women, and her rejection of being a mother. Although the journals may sound selfish and depressing in her perspective, the journals are to help express her perspective in a comprehensible

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