Throughout the novel The Awakening, Kate Chopin uses allegory to show a psychological struggle for happiness, independence, and relationships through the character of Edna Pontellier. ... And she found it good to dream and to be alone and unmolested" (Chopin 58). ... No longer was she content to '"feed upon opinion"' when her own soul had invited her" (Chopin 94). ... She felt in it satisfaction of a kind which no other employment afforded her" (Chopin 11). ... If he were to say, 'Here, Robert, take her and be happy; she is yours,' I should laugh at you b...

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