Symbols In Kate Chopin's The Awakening
Title: The Awakening by Kate Chopin Date/Year pub: Published in 1899 by Herbert S. Stone & Company,Chicago and NY Genre: Fiction, Novel, Novella, Romance Novel, Reference
Setting: Time: The Awakening is a novel set in the 1899, at that time when the Revolution was beginning to emerge yet it prevailed attitudes of the nineteenth century. Place: The first part of the book The Awakening begins in Grand Isle a popular wealthy spot in New Orleans, The second half of the book begins in the French Quarter. If the settings were different I believe the book would be different because, the novel starts and ends at the sea shore of Grand Isle and the Ocean strongly describes the freedom and the awakening. Characters: Edna Pontellier is a twenty eight year old wife of Léonce Pontellier, a businessman from New Orleans, In the middle of the book Edna finds herself dissatisfied with her marriage and her limited lifestyle, she soon falls in love with her husbands best friend Robert Lebrun which starts trouble with her relationship with her husband and her husband's relationship with Robert. I chose dissatisfied as an adjective to describe Edna because she is not that happy with her wife role and feels disappointed with herself about falling in love with Robert. …show more content…
In this book the symbolism of the Bird serves as a reminder to Edna’s entrapment of her victorian women in general, like the birds the women's movements are limited by their society and are unable to choose their own rights and communicate with the world around them. The novel winged only describes the women so they can use their wings to protect themselves and shield so they can never fly. Another symbol for the book is the Sea. The sea symbolizes freedom and escape, the sea also serves as a reminder to Edna of the fact of awakening in a rebirth, and the strength, glory, and lonely horror of the women's
Setting: Time: The Awakening is a novel set in the 1899, at that time when the Revolution was beginning to emerge yet it prevailed attitudes of the nineteenth century. Place: The first part of the book The Awakening begins in Grand Isle a popular wealthy spot in New Orleans, The second half of the book begins in the French Quarter. If the settings were different I believe the book would be different because, the novel starts and ends at the sea shore of Grand Isle and the Ocean strongly describes the freedom and the awakening. Characters: Edna Pontellier is a twenty eight year old wife of Léonce Pontellier, a businessman from New Orleans, In the middle of the book Edna finds herself dissatisfied with her marriage and her limited lifestyle, she soon falls in love with her husbands best friend Robert Lebrun which starts trouble with her relationship with her husband and her husband's relationship with Robert. I chose dissatisfied as an adjective to describe Edna because she is not that happy with her wife role and feels disappointed with herself about falling in love with Robert. …show more content…
In this book the symbolism of the Bird serves as a reminder to Edna’s entrapment of her victorian women in general, like the birds the women's movements are limited by their society and are unable to choose their own rights and communicate with the world around them. The novel winged only describes the women so they can use their wings to protect themselves and shield so they can never fly. Another symbol for the book is the Sea. The sea symbolizes freedom and escape, the sea also serves as a reminder to Edna of the fact of awakening in a rebirth, and the strength, glory, and lonely horror of the women's