Have you ever thought victories could possibly be hidden by negativity? The Awakening, a novel written by Kate Chopin, is a novel that can be considered out of the ordinary due to the ambiguous ending concerning the main Character committing suicide. Edna is a married woman who feels restricted by the image that society places on women. Throughout the novel she meets other characters who inspire her to break through society’s restrictions. After her and Mr. Pontellier move back to their home in New Orleans, her former flame, Robert, moves away to Mexico. Arobin Alcee steps in to play the role of her flame, actually getting her to act upon her passion. Soon after, Edna moves out of her house while her husband is away on business, taking bigger steps to becoming an independent woman. Robert eventually moves home, and Edna expresses how she feels, although Robert feels the same way he leaves her knowing that in the
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While Doctor Mandelet is trying to convince Edna into telling him what she was going through, Edna begins to tell him how she felt. Edna tells him: “But I don’t want anything but my own way.” (Chopin, 121) Edna wants to live her life as she pleases without the compromise or input of anybody else. Joseph Urgo describes the same evidence by stating, “Edna rejects this muting of her voice and would, Urgo maintains, rather “extinguish her life than edit her tale.” To save herself from an ending others would write or an ending that would compromise what she has fought to obtain, she has to write her own end and remove herself from the tale.” (Urgo) Edna realizes that even if she were to stick around Robert would eventually place her into the same restrictions that Leonce Pontellier and the rest of society. Therefore, Edna’s choice to end her life allows her to still have life her way and not be restricted by the way others would narrate her
While Doctor Mandelet is trying to convince Edna into telling him what she was going through, Edna begins to tell him how she felt. Edna tells him: “But I don’t want anything but my own way.” (Chopin, 121) Edna wants to live her life as she pleases without the compromise or input of anybody else. Joseph Urgo describes the same evidence by stating, “Edna rejects this muting of her voice and would, Urgo maintains, rather “extinguish her life than edit her tale.” To save herself from an ending others would write or an ending that would compromise what she has fought to obtain, she has to write her own end and remove herself from the tale.” (Urgo) Edna realizes that even if she were to stick around Robert would eventually place her into the same restrictions that Leonce Pontellier and the rest of society. Therefore, Edna’s choice to end her life allows her to still have life her way and not be restricted by the way others would narrate her