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Character Analysis: The Awakening
Feeling sorry for someone, but not agreeing with them. As humans we have all felt this feeling at least once in our lifetime. In the book The Awakening, by “Kate Chopin” Kate Chopin sympathizes with the main character Edna but doesn’t pity her. I agree with Kate, because even though she’s married with Leonce a man that she doesn't love and has children with him, she is still free not attached to him at all. Another reason I agree with Kate is that she doesn’t pity Edna. She spends time and loves Robert rather than loving her own husband. Instead Kate feels sorry for Edna, because Edna doesn't really love her husband Leonce. “Her marriage to Leonce Pontellier was purely an accident, in this respect resembling many other marriages which masquerade

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