Throughout the ages there have been many types of societies on how men and women should act and how women are supposed to be. Many different novels and movies portray different things. In the Novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin the setting is in Grand Isle during the late 1800s. In the Awakening society is based off of the creole lifestyle and is prominent and expected. Adele, Edna and Madame Reisz are friends and characters who are very different in the way they live life and in the way they treat their husbands, and even marriage.
Adele Ratignolle, “the perfect woman” and one of the three characters in this novel. Adele is looked to as perfect and throughout the novel looked to as an ideal mother to her children. During the 1800s a “ideal” …show more content…
They are all different in the way they live life. For example Adele is a mother women, Edna is not and Madam is not a mother at all. They are also different in the hobbies and interests that they take part in. For example Edna and Madam take interest in painting and playing the piano whereas Adele doesn't give in to a hobby because she devotes her time to her husband and family. They are the same in that they want to live their own lives, they each want what's best from themselves. Enda goes off and becomes a independent women for the best interest of her own, Adele is a mother women in that, thats whats best for her life, and lastly Madam lives her own life independently because thats what makes her happy.
Through the novel the woman have had many roles. Weather the roles were too influence each other or to simply lead out the plot they all played a very important part in the novel. Through Edna's transition, and her unmotherly interests, to Adele's overly mother nature and lastly too Madams lack of interest in motherhood at all. We see both similarities and differences with each woman in the way they live life and in the way they treat their husbands, and even
Adele Ratignolle, “the perfect woman” and one of the three characters in this novel. Adele is looked to as perfect and throughout the novel looked to as an ideal mother to her children. During the 1800s a “ideal” …show more content…
They are all different in the way they live life. For example Adele is a mother women, Edna is not and Madam is not a mother at all. They are also different in the hobbies and interests that they take part in. For example Edna and Madam take interest in painting and playing the piano whereas Adele doesn't give in to a hobby because she devotes her time to her husband and family. They are the same in that they want to live their own lives, they each want what's best from themselves. Enda goes off and becomes a independent women for the best interest of her own, Adele is a mother women in that, thats whats best for her life, and lastly Madam lives her own life independently because thats what makes her happy.
Through the novel the woman have had many roles. Weather the roles were too influence each other or to simply lead out the plot they all played a very important part in the novel. Through Edna's transition, and her unmotherly interests, to Adele's overly mother nature and lastly too Madams lack of interest in motherhood at all. We see both similarities and differences with each woman in the way they live life and in the way they treat their husbands, and even