Sexism:
"You are burnt beyond recognition," he added, looking at his wife as one looks at a valuable piece of personal property which has suffered some damage.
- this text evidence supports the theme of the text because it shows that Mr. Pontellier only valued Mrs. Pontellier as a trophy or property of his, not as a woman or human being.
"If it was not a mother's place to look after children, whose on earth was it?"
- This evidence can relate to the theme of sexism by showing that, the one who is supposed to care for the children most are the mothers, no one else could.
2.Freedom:
"How strange and awful it seemed to stand naked under the sky! how delicious! She felt like some new-born creature, opening its eyes in a familiar world that it had never known." …show more content…
"She began to look with her own eyes; to see and to apprehend the deeper undercurrents of life. No longer was she content to "feed upon opinion" when her own soul had invited her."
- This can be connected to the theme because of the fact that Edna has started to listen to herself, not taking in what others are thinking or saying, making her feel more independent or free.
3. Search of Self:
"A certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her,—the light which, showing the way, forbids it."
- This can connect to the theme of search of self by Edna starting to realize who she was in the universe, or what her position is.
"But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!"
- This can relate to the theme by showing how things are different and difficult at the beginning of finding out your purpose in the universe.
4. Public vs. Private
"You are burnt beyond recognition," he added, looking at his wife as one looks at a valuable piece of personal property which has suffered some damage.
- this text evidence supports the theme of the text because it shows that Mr. Pontellier only valued Mrs. Pontellier as a trophy or property of his, not as a woman or human being.
"If it was not a mother's place to look after children, whose on earth was it?"
- This evidence can relate to the theme of sexism by showing that, the one who is supposed to care for the children most are the mothers, no one else could.
2.Freedom:
"How strange and awful it seemed to stand naked under the sky! how delicious! She felt like some new-born creature, opening its eyes in a familiar world that it had never known." …show more content…
"She began to look with her own eyes; to see and to apprehend the deeper undercurrents of life. No longer was she content to "feed upon opinion" when her own soul had invited her."
- This can be connected to the theme because of the fact that Edna has started to listen to herself, not taking in what others are thinking or saying, making her feel more independent or free.
3. Search of Self:
"A certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her,—the light which, showing the way, forbids it."
- This can connect to the theme of search of self by Edna starting to realize who she was in the universe, or what her position is.
"But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!"
- This can relate to the theme by showing how things are different and difficult at the beginning of finding out your purpose in the universe.
4. Public vs. Private