The Awakening
In The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, the upper class Creole society, in the 1890s, has a strict idea of the appropriate lifestyle. Their expectations of women include nothing more than being devoted wives and nurturing mothers. Chopin introduces the reader to the life of Edna Pontellier. Edna has always followed these beliefs and society’s norm, until she awakens from this reality to find her life too boring and mundane. This awakening allows her to glimpse of an entirely different lifestyle, where she feels independent and free. Eventually, Edna comes to the realization that these dreams for a new life through the awakening cannot be reality. Gilmore states: “Edna resolves to commit suicide because she can find no room for her newly awakened self in the present social system” (Gilmore 62). She comes to the conclusion that the ideal life that she wants so badly to live is just a dream, and because it cannot become a reality, she would rather not live at all. Her awakening directly influenced her decision to commit suicide, in which she saw as her only option. As a young woman, Edna chose to follow the path that society had paved for her. She conformed to their views, and, as a result, ignored her own personal feelings. Sh
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Approximate Word count = 1858
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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