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A 7 page essay that draws on scholarly sources to argue that Chopin's nineteenth century masterpiece The Awakening entails far more than simply her sexuality, as the journey of psychic discovery also encompasses everything that Edna comes to understand about herself and her relationships with others. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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adultery and suicide, in which were never discussed in so-called "polite" society. Modern scholarship recognizes the extent of Chopins accomplishment in this novel, which is a detailed psychological study of
her protagonist, Edna Pontellier. Chopin shows how Ednas "awakening" entails far more than simply her sexuality, as the journey of psychic discovery also encompasses everything that Edna comes to understand
about herself and her relationships with others. The novel opens with Edna vacationing on the Grand Isle near New Orleans. However, unlike most of those present, she is not
a Creole and, therefore, has a completely different background. Edna comes from a stick Presbyterian family, where her father ruled with an iron hand. She envies the free and easy
ways of Creole culture, but does not fully understand it. She married basically to escape her restrictive home life. Chopin does not tell the reader a great deal about Ednas
early life, but what she does say is extremely revealing. Chopin reveals that Edna lost her mother early in life, which removed her primary role model as to what it
means to be female (Taylor and Fineman 35). This left only a cold and distant father as a resource for the fulfillment of emotional needs. Chopin says that Ednas father
believed that "Authority, coercion are what is needed" as the "only way to manage a wife," and seemed unaware that the may have "coerced his own wife into her grave"
(Chopin 186). With this guidance, it is not surprising that Ednas younger sister is considered to be a "vixen" and her old sister, who assumed the role of mother substitute,
accepted her fathers remote authoritarianism as the temple for parenthood and adult behavior (Taylor and Fineman 35). This is clearly a traumatic background that has highly influenced Ednas development;
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