"Search of Self" is one of the main themes that developed throughout the novel.
"The present alone was significant; was hers, to torture her as it was doing then with the biting conviction that she had lost that which she had held, that she had been denied that which her impassioned, newly awakened being demanded"(Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.).
The text supports the theme by explaining how Edna is finding a sense of self. Edna's "newly awakened being" describes her new life that she has created for herself. She has managed to find her identity within this new being.
"She would not join the groups in their sports and bouts, but intoxicated with her newly conquered power, she swam out alone" (Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. …show more content…
I forgot everything but a wild dream of your some way becoming my wife" (Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.).
This excerpt supports the theme because it shows love being expressed, by someone else to Edna. Edna is having an affair with two other men outside of her marriage, which is morally wrong. She is fully aware of the wrong she is doing but she doesn't care about her marriage anymore. This is an example of her private life because nobody knows about the relationship she has outside of her …show more content…
"It was the first kiss of her life to which her nature had really responded. It was a flaming torch that kindled desire" (Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.).
This text supports the theme of freedom by explaining how Edna is free to do whatever she wants. Edna has a crush on Arobin and the fact that she is married makes the situation morally wrong, because she shouldn't love anyone but her husband and children. Edna has gained the freedom to do as she feels and go about her life freely.
"There were days when she was unhappy, she did not know why,—when it did not seem worth while to be glad or sorry, to be alive or dead; when life appeared to her like a grotesque pandemonium and humanity like worms struggling blindly toward inevitable annihilation" (Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.).
This texts supports the theme of freedom because it explains how when Edna found a sense of self and gained freedom she wasn't as happy as she had imagined. She began to get depressed towards the end of the novel due to fact that she couldn't handle all the drama and wrongful doing she partook
"The present alone was significant; was hers, to torture her as it was doing then with the biting conviction that she had lost that which she had held, that she had been denied that which her impassioned, newly awakened being demanded"(Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.).
The text supports the theme by explaining how Edna is finding a sense of self. Edna's "newly awakened being" describes her new life that she has created for herself. She has managed to find her identity within this new being.
"She would not join the groups in their sports and bouts, but intoxicated with her newly conquered power, she swam out alone" (Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. …show more content…
I forgot everything but a wild dream of your some way becoming my wife" (Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.).
This excerpt supports the theme because it shows love being expressed, by someone else to Edna. Edna is having an affair with two other men outside of her marriage, which is morally wrong. She is fully aware of the wrong she is doing but she doesn't care about her marriage anymore. This is an example of her private life because nobody knows about the relationship she has outside of her …show more content…
"It was the first kiss of her life to which her nature had really responded. It was a flaming torch that kindled desire" (Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.).
This text supports the theme of freedom by explaining how Edna is free to do whatever she wants. Edna has a crush on Arobin and the fact that she is married makes the situation morally wrong, because she shouldn't love anyone but her husband and children. Edna has gained the freedom to do as she feels and go about her life freely.
"There were days when she was unhappy, she did not know why,—when it did not seem worth while to be glad or sorry, to be alive or dead; when life appeared to her like a grotesque pandemonium and humanity like worms struggling blindly toward inevitable annihilation" (Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.).
This texts supports the theme of freedom because it explains how when Edna found a sense of self and gained freedom she wasn't as happy as she had imagined. She began to get depressed towards the end of the novel due to fact that she couldn't handle all the drama and wrongful doing she partook