Mr. Ponellier goes away for business and you realize
that Edna acts more like herself when he is away. One of the activities she
does to keep herself busy, while he is away, is attend horse races. She always
attends them with Alcee Arobin. “And then there was scarcely a day which
followed that she did not see him or was not reminded of him,” (Chopin 105). I
think Edna started hanging out with Arobin every day because there wasn’t any
expectations. Arobin didn’t expect her to be the perfect wife or mom. She could
speak her mind to him and he wouldn’t judge her for what she said. “It was the
first kiss of her life to which her nature had really responded,” (Chopin 112).
Edna kisses Arobin because she misses Robert. I think she believes kissing
Robert would be equally as satisfying as kissing Robert because they are not
being forced to kiss her. Arobin allows her to be different. He accepts her.
I think that arobin was somebody that Edna needed in her life, she needed someone who didn't expect her to be perfect. Arobin was basically the complete opposite of MR. Pontelier
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