freedom of the women of her time. Chopin believed that women should have emotional, sexual,

and intelluctual freedom and this belief was presented within the lines of all of her short stories,

novels, and poems.(Gilbert, Gubar 1012)

The Awakening by Kate Chopin was considered very shocking when it was first published

because of it's "sexual awakeningaE? of the main character, Edna Pontellier, and her unconventional

behavior.(Nickerson,www.assumpution.edu) The Awakening begins at Grande Isle, a vacation

spot of wealthy Creoles from New Orleans. Edna is there with her two sons and her husband

Leonce who comes and goes because of business. Edna has always done what is expected of a

woman including marrying a man she didn't love. He regard her as a possession rather than a

person. While on vacation Edna meets and falls in love with Robert Lebrun and they begin an

whorl wind affair. Edna is distraught when she finds out that Robert has left her because he loves

her: "I love you. Good-bye, because I love you.aE?(Chopin The Awakening) Edna is so distressed

that she returns to Grand Isle where she goes swimming in the cold sea.

The Storm) The images in the bedroom seem to contrast one another, the white purity of

large amount of money. Mrs. Sommers has found herself with fifteen dollars. The question of

with each other is explained in another Chopin story, "At the 'Cadian Ball" (1892), but in this

and for which Fate had not fitted heraE?(Chopin The Awakening) Already she is revealing ideas

red and moist as pomegranate seed. Her white neck and a glimpse of her full, firm bosom

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