Although she expected her dreams of romance to disappear along with her youth, her fantasies and yearnings only remain latent, re-emerging on Grand Isle in the form of her passion for Robert Lebrun. But she saw her marriage to Léonce as the end to her life of passion and the beginning of a life of responsibility. Edna has always been a romantic, enamored with a cavalry officer at a very young age, in love with a man visiting a neighboring plantation in her teens, and infatuated with a tragedian as a young woman. She is comfortable in her marriage to Léonce and unaware of her own feelings and ambitions. The Awakening by Kate Chopin Edna Pontellier a Woman Fated to Die Book Summary/Review: Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Institut fur Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: 'Death and Sexuality in Early American Narratives,' language: English, abstract: In the following paper I will subject the character of Edna. At the beginning of the novel, Edna exists in a sort of semi-conscious state. The Awakening: PDF-style e-book 1st Edition is written by Chopin, Kate and published by Bedford/St. These new languages will be further dealt with in the course of this paper.
During her gradual awakening, Edna learns at least three new "languages" and modes of expressing herself that lead to the revelation of her long-repressed emotions. She emerges from a state of devoted wife and mother to a state of total awareness in which she discovers her own identity and acts on her desires for emotional and sexual satisfaction. Like a child, Edna begins to see the world around her with a fresh perspective, forgetting the behavior expected of her and ignoring the effects of her unconventional actions. The people Edna meets and the experiences she has on Grand Isle awaken desires and urges for music, sexual satisfaction, art, and freedom that she can no longer bear to keep hidden. Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: A (USA = 1), Southern Connecticut State University (English Department), language: English, abstract: Edna Pontellier, the protagonist of Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening finds herself dissatisfied with her marriage and the limited, conservative lifestyle that it allows.