After examining chapters 6 and 39 of Kate Chopin's story The Awakening, one is able to see that the author planned to depict the final scene to be tragic yet triumphant. ... Perhaps the most apparent connection between the two chapters is the symbol and role of the sea which allows Edna to find the light that she has been searching for. ... Edna finally takes control of her own body when she enters the water by lifting "her white body- instead of having someone or something do it for her (637). ...

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