Describe the course of Edna's awakening
Women are seen as weak individuals who are told that this is a man’s world, that we can’t live without them and must willingly oblige to them. Society has drilled this into their heads which caused a lot of women to mindlessly live unfulfilling lives while others decide to wake up from this fake reality and confront the things that society has been holding back from them. In the book “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin, Edna a woman from 1890, decides to break out of the social norm to see what being a woman truly means and in the process goes through various awakenings within her, discovering who she is as a person.
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It can cause people to do things they wouldn’t even imagine doing but it’s a feeling like no other. Society tried to hide this from people for in the 1890s it didn’t matter if you loved the person or not because a lot of women would be forced into marriages and start a family with a stranger. Edna fit into that category, she didn’t really love her husband, he was just a support system and the feeling was mutual both ways, he was content with how things were as long as she did what she was told. She wasn’t experiencing the full effects of love. Edna dealt with this until Robert came into her life. Robert was her awakening towards going against the traditional values for he was her temptation which then led to her sexual awakening with Alcee Arobin. Alcee would give her so much attention that over time she would start yearning for his presence and lips for it gave her this adrenaline within her whenever he would act upon her. (Chopin pg. 77) “ She felt somewhat like a woman who in a moment of passion is betrayed into an act of infidelity, and realizes the significance of the act without …show more content…
The experiences you go that will later on help you figure out who you are as a person. Her personal awakening started once she learned how to swim. The setting of where all this took place is extremely important for it foreshadows the outcome of the novel. (Chopin pg.27) “A feeling of exultation overtook her, as if some power of significant import had given her to control the working of her body and her soul. She grew daring and reckless, overestimating her strength. She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.” This was her first glimpse of freedom. She wanted to keep swimming until she was far gone from everyone and everything. Later on in the book Edna discovers her passion for painting, she would skip out on work just to paint. Through her art she was able to express herself, it gave her a voice that was able to be projected to others and people would see and listen to what her art had to say. Her work evoked passion, struggle and all the hidden emotions she had stored up inside of her, she had talent that was finally being able to shine through. Her art was also her gateway towards independence, she would start to sell her art that eventually led to her moving out the house. (Chopin pg. 79) “I am beginning to sell my sketches, Laidpore is more and more pleased with my work; he says it grows in force and individuality, I cannot judge of that myself but I feel that I have gained in ease and
Women are seen as weak individuals who are told that this is a man’s world, that we can’t live without them and must willingly oblige to them. Society has drilled this into their heads which caused a lot of women to mindlessly live unfulfilling lives while others decide to wake up from this fake reality and confront the things that society has been holding back from them. In the book “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin, Edna a woman from 1890, decides to break out of the social norm to see what being a woman truly means and in the process goes through various awakenings within her, discovering who she is as a person.
Love is gem hidden underneath a world full of coal but once you find it your enlightened …show more content…
It can cause people to do things they wouldn’t even imagine doing but it’s a feeling like no other. Society tried to hide this from people for in the 1890s it didn’t matter if you loved the person or not because a lot of women would be forced into marriages and start a family with a stranger. Edna fit into that category, she didn’t really love her husband, he was just a support system and the feeling was mutual both ways, he was content with how things were as long as she did what she was told. She wasn’t experiencing the full effects of love. Edna dealt with this until Robert came into her life. Robert was her awakening towards going against the traditional values for he was her temptation which then led to her sexual awakening with Alcee Arobin. Alcee would give her so much attention that over time she would start yearning for his presence and lips for it gave her this adrenaline within her whenever he would act upon her. (Chopin pg. 77) “ She felt somewhat like a woman who in a moment of passion is betrayed into an act of infidelity, and realizes the significance of the act without …show more content…
The experiences you go that will later on help you figure out who you are as a person. Her personal awakening started once she learned how to swim. The setting of where all this took place is extremely important for it foreshadows the outcome of the novel. (Chopin pg.27) “A feeling of exultation overtook her, as if some power of significant import had given her to control the working of her body and her soul. She grew daring and reckless, overestimating her strength. She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.” This was her first glimpse of freedom. She wanted to keep swimming until she was far gone from everyone and everything. Later on in the book Edna discovers her passion for painting, she would skip out on work just to paint. Through her art she was able to express herself, it gave her a voice that was able to be projected to others and people would see and listen to what her art had to say. Her work evoked passion, struggle and all the hidden emotions she had stored up inside of her, she had talent that was finally being able to shine through. Her art was also her gateway towards independence, she would start to sell her art that eventually led to her moving out the house. (Chopin pg. 79) “I am beginning to sell my sketches, Laidpore is more and more pleased with my work; he says it grows in force and individuality, I cannot judge of that myself but I feel that I have gained in ease and