The Awakening by Kate Chopin illustrates how marriage is used to define who and what a woman is but can also cause a woman to rebel from the social norm. ... In The Awakening, Chopin mainly focuses on the character of Edna Pontellier. ... This quote describes the beginning of Edna's process of awakening. It seems to suggest that from the moment her awakening begins, she is marked for death. In the process of her awakening, one of the things Edna claims back is her body. ...

• Word Count: 1838
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Edna Pontellier was a literary figure on the edge when The Awakening was written. ... The gradual breaking up of the pontilliers is a pillar in The Awakening. ... The catalyst of Edna's awakening was the variety of characters that all fit their archetypical roles. ...

• Word Count: 1488
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin's The Awakening (1899) conveys Edna Pontellier's rebellion against nineteenth-century American society's constrictions in feminine roles. The novel's emphasis on Edna's social awakening helps to illuminate societal expectations of women during this time period and the sacrifices they must make to either conform to society or follow their hearts. ... As she begins to experience her different forms of awakenings, she begins to realize that societal expectations are not how she wants to live her life. ... The best example of this in Kate Chopin's The Awa...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

After the beginning of Edna's awakening, she sees her first opportunity to imply what she's really made of by having love affairs with younger, unmarried men. ... Only after her "awakening- did she see what she was lacking. ...

• Word Count: 1285
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Rather, she escapes to the garden, which is a symbol of eroticism and sexual awakening throughout the play. ... It is there, in the garden, where Catherine finally experiences her full sexual awakening. ...

• Word Count: 1862
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School