KATE CHOPINS THE AWAKENING
Kate Chopin's "Awakening", depicts the life of a woman, Edna, in the early 1900's who revolts against the social status quo and leads the life of an independent female regardless of all the risks. It is a story that unfolds the two parts of her life, only to see them both fall apart. Thus we see the unreasonable conflict between her exterior world, the role of a wife and a mother that society has imposed on her and her interior reality of emotions and sexuality which initially are asleep and "awaken" through the course of the novel. For the arousal of each aspect, two men are responsible, Robert and Arobin, which correspond to the two sides of her existence. The complexity of Edna's character, the richness of the novels details, stimulate the reader to probe deeply into the characterizations and meaning of her life. Edna has lost touch with the chain of humanity and the society in which she lives, as a result, she cannot make a true commitment to life. Based on this fact, the novel's development shows a repeated movement down to the depths of Edna's unconscious and back to her conscious world. Edna's emotional "awakening" was stimulated by Robert whose presence built up her confidence allowing her to break out of her p
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Robert Arobin, Alcee Arobin's, Chopin's Awakening, Rodent Good-by, meaning life, robert arobin, emotional awakening, according freud,
Approximate Word count = 899
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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