Becoming New

Throughout the novel we know very much about the background during this time and we know that Edna is property to her husband. So when Edna finally is becoming her own person she branches out to do and say what she wants. While Robert leaves her abruptly for Mexico she must return to her normal boring life, or not. Edna now doesn't care what her husband says to her, asks her, and even tells he to do. She has finally started to grow from a trapped nothing. Now that's the summer has ended and she is back to her home in New Orleans she is suppose to follow the general traditions that happen back home. She is now enjoying her painting and doing it very frequently letting her enjoy her true quality. As time goes on Léonce notices his wife's slacking and not the same woman he married years ago that followed the general rule that she had to do what pleases her husband and listen towns the said while the person she is becoming is trying to break out to show this new and improved Edna.