This was a result of some women acknowledging the fact that a man was not their superior, “your opinion is not my reality” (Maraboli). By having this mindset, women demonstrated their defiance towards society. Challenging society, however, was excruciatingly difficult. Thus, forcing women to be grateful for every amount of power that they could obtain from their, “domesticity and ancillary roles” in order to exercise as much power as they possible could “in ways that challenge certain norms” (Hall 203). With the constant feeling of depression and inadequacy, some women decided to obviate society’s gender roles entirely from their lives, “every step which she took toward reliving herself from obligations added to her strength and expansion as an individual” (Chopin 103). Throughout the Awakening, Edna is reborn; she learns to reject many of the standards that are inflicted by society in order to satisfy her feelings of incompetence. As a result, the reader
This was a result of some women acknowledging the fact that a man was not their superior, “your opinion is not my reality” (Maraboli). By having this mindset, women demonstrated their defiance towards society. Challenging society, however, was excruciatingly difficult. Thus, forcing women to be grateful for every amount of power that they could obtain from their, “domesticity and ancillary roles” in order to exercise as much power as they possible could “in ways that challenge certain norms” (Hall 203). With the constant feeling of depression and inadequacy, some women decided to obviate society’s gender roles entirely from their lives, “every step which she took toward reliving herself from obligations added to her strength and expansion as an individual” (Chopin 103). Throughout the Awakening, Edna is reborn; she learns to reject many of the standards that are inflicted by society in order to satisfy her feelings of incompetence. As a result, the reader