Symbols
This symbol symbolizes Edna's limited actions and are reminders of Edna's entrapment.
What are cages/the parrot?
The author of the book?
Who is Kate Chopin?
Who is Robert and why is he important?
Robert is a young man who goes after married women;he latches himself to Edna. She falls in love with him and it further pushes her rebellion
This literary device is in the following quote: 'The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation.'
What is alliteration?
Mr. Pontellier believes his wife is this kind of mother...
What is neglectful and inattentive You must be more specific than "BAD"
This activity causes Edna to have a longing for self-exploration.
What is music?
Who Chopin married and had how many kids with.
Who is Oscar Chopin and his six children?
Wealthy Creole businessman; conscious of social conventionalities
Who is Leonce Pontellier
This literary device is in the following quote: ''The years that are gone seem like dreams-if one might go on sleeping and dreaming-but to wake up and find- oh!'
What is similie?
Adele asks Robert to leave Edna alone because
What is she doesn't want Edna to get hurt?
These constantly change as Edna's longing for independence increases.
What are houses?
Where was Kate Chopin born?
St. Louis, Missouri
How is Mademoiselle Reisz a role model to Edna?
She is exactly what Edna wants to be. She is Independent, Free, and isn't the typical woman during the Victorian period.
Edna "dabbles" in this particular past time "in an unprofessional way" (Chopin 543)
What is sketching or art?
What is the one thing Edna says she will not give for her children?
What is herself?
This symbol symbolizes Edna's longing of freedom, bravery and escape.
What is the sea?
The time period in which The Awakening was published?
What is the Romantic Period (late 1800's)
How Does Edna change throughout the novel?
She changes from being a confused person and a social outcast to becoming more confident, She experiences a sense of independence and freedom.
This literary device is in the following quote: 'The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.'
What is imagery?
what is Ednas first act of rebellion?
she stopped receiving her visitors on Tuesdays
How does the bird represent Edna?
The birds represents Edna's attempts to escape her life and her want to fly away from societies expectations her Husband, Children, and those who surround her
The Louisiana culture in which The Awakening surrounds.
What is Creole culture?
Who is Edna's foil and how?
Adele Ratignolle . Mrs. Pontellier was not a mother-women. Adele was the perfect example of a good wife and mother.
This literary device is in the following quote: ''How many years have I slept?'
What is a rhetorical question?
What is symbolic about Edna learning to swim?
it's her first real sense of independence. She is no longer dependent of others.