The Awakening

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I very much enjoyed this story, almost hard to believe that it was written in 1899! I can imagine that it was very shocking to read of a woman's sexual awakening.

I found the opening imagery very interesting, could this beautiful bird in the cage symbolize Edna? Very interesting that in the opening lines Chopin is having a beautiful and caged creature telling satin to go away, to get out. And in French yet, the language of love. And a mocking bird on the other side of the door with his "maddening persistence". A mocking bird only repeats sounds --not words-- what does this represent?

The Farival twins play a duet from "Zampa



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Approximate Word count = 427
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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