Kate Chopin The Awakening
Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening is an excellent story of a woman's quest for freedom in her society. Her decisions in life challenge the social barrier, and defy conventional family roles. Edna is unfulfilled as a wife and mother even though she and her husband are financially safe. Her husband, Leonce Pontellier, is a good husband and father but he only pays attention to his own material interests. Because of his distraction to material belongings he has failed to recognize the fact that his wife’s needs are not being met. Some of Chopin’s characters are not fully developed. Some of these undeveloped characters are important because they represent specific themes. The lovers and the lady in black are both very important undeveloped characters, despite the fact that they are completely oblivious to the rest of the world. The lady in black is first mentioned in Chapter I. Mr. Pontellier is surveying the cottages when he notices that “a lady in black is walking demurely up and down, telling her beads.” (6). In this example the rosary beads suggest that the lady in black is religious. This character is a symbol of religion. While everyone else is relaxing, she is busy praying. It is also worth noting that th
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Approximate Word count = 1135
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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