The Awakening

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    Kate Chopin`s novel is a probing psychological study of a woman who, oppressed by family life and her romantic difficulties, drowns herself in the ocean. It is also an examination of a particular culture at the end of the 19th century: the aristocrat...
 
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    Kate Chopin`s novel is a probing psychological study of a woman who, oppressed by family life and her romantic difficulties, drowns herself in the ocean. It is also an examination of a particular culture at the end of the 19th century: the aristocratic society of southern Louisiana. Condemned at the time it was written, THE AWAKENING has been valued in later years for its unflinching honesty and sexual frankness.
 

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Overall Rating: 5

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A novel of inspiration and self-discovery

debra1959 from Henderson, NV, Aug 20, 2006

  • Information Value:5 out of 5
  • Entertainment Value:5 out of 5
  • Value:5 out of 5

In The Awakening, we embark upon a character, Edna Pontillier, who needed change and she felt it strong enough to act on it when she met Robert. Life was incomplete for her. Instead of continuing down the same loathsome path, she opened herself up to self-criticism. Her focus was on shedding the facade that she had become accustomed to adorning. Edna made me realize that to truly be free, the unecessary must be cast aside in order for one's true self to shine through. Chopin's resolution is not to put fortha feeling of dismay, but depict an appropriate finale to this woman's journey of self-discovery.

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