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Ap Lit The Awakening
Tsitsi Rwakonda
Grade 12
Period 4
Ap Literature

The Awakening

Topic: Water

"The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, murmuing, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude".

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft and close embrace".

With respect to water, the sea was the main comparison to the main character of the plot. While the plot itself was somewhat fragmented, a continous reference to the sea in metaphorical like format portrayed a sense of longing and restless. The references to the sea seemed to be a way to physically envision just how free and happy the soul can be if it is just left alone in truth and solidarity. The love that Mrs Pontellier seems to grow into can be related to a wave of the ocean or the wave of a tsunami, where the more water it gathers the more powerful it becomes, and so we see that her constant reference to water ,is the only way she can constantly refer her present scenario in terms that noone else but herself might be able to comprehend.

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