Essay Archive - The Awakening: Edna's Path Through Life
The Awakening: Edna's Path Through Life
There are many important paths that we must follow on our journey
through life. We follow the path without questioning its intent. The path
informs us when we should learn to talk, to walk, to marry, and to have
children. We are told that we should never stray from it, because if we do,
society will make it certain that we are bound for damnation. In the novel
The Awakening the main character, Edna Pontellier, has followed this path
without so much as a fuss. All that changes when Edna is awakened from a
life long slumbera slumber, which she found repetitious, monoton....
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