“By creating a heroine who refuses to sacrifice her art or her sensuality, Chopin distinguishes herself from the local colorists, as outlined by Ann Douglas, whose heroines are often socially and artistically isolated” (Boren 70). The people Edna encounters and the experiences she has on Grand Isle make all of her wildest desires and urges for music, sexual contentment, art, and liberation come alive and she can no longer bear the thought of keeping them veiled. Similar to a child, Edna commences to optically discern the world around her with a fresh perception, disregarding the felicitous deportment that is expected of her and ignoring the effects of her unconventional actions. Yet, Edna is very often juvenile as well as childlike. She harbors impractical dreams about the potentials of a wild adulterous romance free of any scarcely penalties, and she fails to consider the desiderata and desires of anyone but own selfish self.
