In The Awakening, Edna finds herself searching and yearning for some type of freedom and independence. The birds are first introduced in chapter 1, when Mr. Pontillier walks into Madame Lebrun’s, “A green and yellow parrot which hung outside the door… the parrot could only speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody could understand” (Chopin 10). The caged parrot exhibits Edna’s feeling of being entrapped in the mother-woman role. Also, because of the parrot’s lack of communication, it matches Edna’s inability to speak about how she truly feels, which causes nobody to understand
In The Awakening, Edna finds herself searching and yearning for some type of freedom and independence. The birds are first introduced in chapter 1, when Mr. Pontillier walks into Madame Lebrun’s, “A green and yellow parrot which hung outside the door… the parrot could only speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody could understand” (Chopin 10). The caged parrot exhibits Edna’s feeling of being entrapped in the mother-woman role. Also, because of the parrot’s lack of communication, it matches Edna’s inability to speak about how she truly feels, which causes nobody to understand