Remarkably, through their differences, they form a strong friendship, and their friendship could even be a source for Edna beginning to understand her inner perspective. Through coming to know Adele, Edna realizes she is not resemblant of a Creole wife, although that is what she was told to be by her husband and her surrounding society, and this lends to Edna feeling distanced and irritated by her home. These women, Adele and Edna, both live very similar lifestyles. They have wealthy, Creole husbands, have children, and live in lavish homes in New Orleans, yet their views and experiences shape them to have entirely different relationship with their homes. Through assessing the text of The Awakening and Space and Place a conclusion is able to be made as to why they view home the way they do. Edna see’s home a place that stifles what she was meant to be, yet Adele thrives in her home and seems to fit the character of her home and
Remarkably, through their differences, they form a strong friendship, and their friendship could even be a source for Edna beginning to understand her inner perspective. Through coming to know Adele, Edna realizes she is not resemblant of a Creole wife, although that is what she was told to be by her husband and her surrounding society, and this lends to Edna feeling distanced and irritated by her home. These women, Adele and Edna, both live very similar lifestyles. They have wealthy, Creole husbands, have children, and live in lavish homes in New Orleans, yet their views and experiences shape them to have entirely different relationship with their homes. Through assessing the text of The Awakening and Space and Place a conclusion is able to be made as to why they view home the way they do. Edna see’s home a place that stifles what she was meant to be, yet Adele thrives in her home and seems to fit the character of her home and