Edna and the Sea

From what can be seen, it would seem as though Edna looks to the ocean as an escape from her current life. She is looking for some beauty in her world. “The excessive physical charm of the Creole had first attracted her, for Edna had a sensuous susceptibility to beauty.” (Chopin 18). She at first saw the life style and culture of Creole life as beautiful from an outsider’s perspective. But once she had felt it firsthand, she found out that she did not like it as much as she might have originally thought she would. This is why she sees the ocean as an escape. “The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.” (Chopin 18). She sees the beauty in the ocean that see might have wished for from Creole life. Edna might see this as the beauty she seeks but feels depraved of in her current life.