The book, The Awakening by Kate Chopin, is not so much a love story as it is a story of one woman. Mrs. Pontellier was a woman with emotional needs. Her needs include material, sexual, intimacy, and the need to be wanted or needed. Among Leonce Pontellier, Alcee Arobin, and Robert Lebrun, she pursues and meets her needs.
Although Leonce Pontellier didn't seem to play a part in her life, he did. He provided her materialistic needs. Just as she dreaded, he was her husband in the world's eyes. It is plain to see that Edna finds marriage a revolting institution from this quote: 'Her marriage to L
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