Grand Isle, Louisiana

The Awakening by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899, a time where women had little independence and did their daily duties were to be a perfect mother and wife, just like Edna Pontellier had to live her life with a businessman from New orleans, Leonce Pontellier. Edna discovers her own identity and acknowledges her emotional desire. During the 1800 women were expected to “ worship” their husbands , and do their job as a housewife. Many women is the 1800’s and in today’s society can relate…

enslaved to society and marriage and the other, enslaved by Christianity and marriage. Edna, a Victorian era woman who is already different in the beginning of the novel from other “mother-women”, “the mother-women seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any…

Living as a woman in a male dominated world is a burden for Edna in “The Awakening.” She is bound in the chains of society to serve as a housekeeper and wife. Despite the chains that bind her, Edna’s free spirit seeks equality. These chains placed around her serve as a primary focus for the novel; especially when she takes her own life in the process of freeing herself. Edna from “The Awakening” is a modern woman who seeks personal freedom which goes against the archaic time that she resides in…

Though The Awakening may not be a book that all audiences enjoy, it’s merit as a work of literature cannot be denied. It has underlying motifs and ideas that Chopin brings into fruition through a variety of well-developed techniques, making The Awakening not only a book worthy of merit but being taught. Her book challenged pre-existing societal norms not only in 1900’s America, but still does today across cultural barriers with its controversial theme on challenging gender roles and feminism. It…

Kate Chopin’s motif in The Awakening is demonstrated throughout the novel of 1984. George Orwell’s novel is about a guy named Winston, who pretends to be someone he isn’t on the outside, and questions the government system he lives in, on the inside. In the novel, there was a major tension developing between Winston and the Party. According to Winston, life since the Party’s rule has been lived in fear and hatred. Anything you said out loud and even what you thought in your mind, could be…

In the novel, The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Edna Pontellier, also known as Mrs. Pontellier, is torn between two totally different worlds. Thus, leading to the development of her character, relationships, and conflicts she is involved in throughout the novel. Edna is bound by the gender roles of the 18th century. She constantly fights between reality and what she wants to do with her own life. In the novel, The Awakening, Kate Chopin creates conflict throughout the novel by illuminating Edna’s…

The Awakening Is More than "Sex Fiction" The audience was scandalized. The critics condemned the book as immoral. Some went so far as to call it "essentially vulgar" and "sex fiction" (Literature 20). This was the public outcry that Kate Chopin's The Awakening caused upon its publication in 1899. The reviews were overwhelmingly negative, denouncing the novel for its daring discussion of matters such as female sexuality and extramarital affairs. Since then, The Awakening has taken on a new…

will be home by herself. Edna is relived by this. She acts as though her family was a burden and she no longer has responsibility. When they leave she runs around the house as happy as can be abandoning her responsibilities freely. "That summer at Grand Isle she began to loosen a little the mantle of reserve that had always enveloped her. There may have been—there must have been—influences, both subtle and apparent, working in their several…

There are multiple definitions to having an “awakening.” In Webster’s dictionary the definition states, “coming into existence or awareness.” In a metaphorical sense, an awakening could be whatever the person makes it. In the case of Edna Pontellier, she is awakened by the romance of a man other than her husband. This romance, also understood as her true happiness, costs her the marriage she has built over the years, but helped her gain strength as a woman. The focus has been placed on Edna’s…

The Awakening, by Kate Chopin is about men and women back in the Victorian Era. During the Victorian Era, women were supposed to stay home and take care of the chores and kids. Men during this time were the money makers and had all the rights and freedom. Edna Pontellier, challenges the way women are supposed to act by rebelling against her husband and starts following what she wants for once. In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, every man that has ever been involved in Edna’s life has tried to…