Freedom In Kate Chopin's The Awakening

Freedom: "[Edna] was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor. It muddled her like wine, or like a first breath of freedom (Chopin)." In chapter seven, Edna has a very deep conversation with Madame Ratignolle. This validates many of Edna's feelings and this allows her to feel comfortable enough to move along in her awakening. This moment is a very crucial portion of her steps towards freedom. As Edna talks to the Creole woman, she feels more open to seemingly taboo subjects.
"Their freedom of expression was at first incomprehensible to her, though she had no difficulty in reconciling it with a lofty chastity which in the Creole woman seems to be inborn and unmistakable (Chopin)." In chapter four, Edna is shocked to hear anyone break social
Pontellier was beginning to realize her position in the universe as a human being, and to recognize her relations as an individual to the world within and about her (Chopin)." In chapter six, Edna begins her actual awakening. At this moment, she has an entire realization of her position in the world. At this moment, after searching for her sense of self, she understands the injustice that she faces everyday when she is treated as a lesser human being.
"'You have been a very, very foolish boy, wasting your time dreaming of impossible things when you speak of Mr. Pontellier setting me free! I am no longer one of Mr. Pontellier's possessions to dispose of or not. I give myself where I choose. If he were to say, 'Here, Robert, take her and be happy; she is yours,' I should laugh at you both (Chopin)" In chapter thirty-six, Edna explains to Robert how ridiculous he sounds when he assumes that Edna is like property to Leonce. This highlights the independence and sovereignty Edna is exercising over her own life and body. At this point, Edna has finally mentally broken away from what she deemed an overstep by a man. She is pursuing what she