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Life And Society

Life and Society

In Kate Chopin's novel, The Awakening, the constant boundaries and restrictions

placed on Edna Pontellier by society will lead to her ultimate struggle for freedom. Her

husband Leonce Pontellier, the current women of society, and the Grand Isle make it

apparent that Edna is trapped in a patriarchal society. Despite these people, Edna has a

need to be free and she is able to escape from the patriarchal society that she despises.

The sea, Robert Lebrun, and Mademoiselle Reisz serve as Edna's exits from this

traditional way of life.

Edna is a young Creole wife and mother in a high-class society. The novel unfolds

the life of a woman who feels dissatisfied and restrained by the expectations of society.

Leonce Pontellier, her husband is declared "Â…the best husband in the world" (Chopin 7).

Edna is forced to admit that she knew of none better. Edna represents women in the

past that were suppressed. These women......


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Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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