Friday, February 26, 2016
Identity
After finishing the awakening, I noticed how strong the theme of identity was tied into the novel. At the beginning, Edna was tied down to her husband and was internally suffering. She felt that her only place in life was to be a wife and a mother. I think that she thought she was too young for her life to be "over". She needed a revival, she needed to feel free again. "Even as a child she had lived within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life-- that outward existence which conforms, the inward life that questions"(Chopin 57). This proves that she always wanted something more and she never felt like she was truly the person she was meant to be. Through longing to be with Robert, and Alcee, she might have learned a thing or two about herself. We can tell by the very end of the book that she went though a complete identity change.
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Identity is a huge theme found in this novel. Edna doesn't like the identity she has and the only way to rid herself of that identity is by suicide. The picture is a good comparison because your fingerprint shows your identity.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I disagree with the statement of Edna feeling very much suffering. Through most of her marriage to Mr. Potellier, she just assumes that marriage isn't supposed to be about love or connection. It's just reality to her. However, she did transcend identities by the end of the book. Great use of media to further my understanding of your post (:
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