The Awakening by Kate Chopin

A detailed Summary of The Awakening by Kate Chopin

The reason for which Edna Pontellier did what she did at the end of the

novel has ,in many peoples perspectives, many different meanings and reasons.

People may think one reason why she chose to end her life the way she did was

because of the fact that Robert, the man she was in love with, left her. Others may

think that it was because she was ashamed of the things she had done and thought

that it might catch up with her. There are many other reasons she might have done

what she did , though i do not think it was any of those.

Watching the movie may have given the idea that she was simply tired

of not being able to get what she wanted in pertaining to the love of Robert. It is

very easy to draw that conclusion because of the fact that they present her to us

,after the scene in which he has left, at the beach in Grand Isle. She walks along the

shore not saying a word not knowing what she might be thinking. She walks into

one of the bath houses and finds her bathing suit, puts it on, walks outside, takes it

Was this what she wanted? Why did she choose this path? Where was this life

She started to realize the fact that "there was no one thing in the world

leaves and then that she kills herself but they give input into what is running through

that she desired". She thought that the only person in the world that she desired was

of returning. The idea of placing that scene right after the leaving of Robert would

Edna wanted what she could not have. She began with wanting to

a point that she could not handle it and did not like it. She wanted too much for

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reason for which she chose to do away with her life. Edna never knew the Creole

house, and doing as she pleased, once again people were displeased. Finally she

that either. Bringing all these ideas together draw one conclusion as towards the

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