On my last post I had stated that Edna wanted to feel like a bird, free and rebellious with nothing and no one holding you back. Also in my last post I stated that Edna felt so free and alive in the ocean, almost bird-like, and Edna said , "How easy it is!' she thought. "It is nothing," she said aloud." (74 Chopin). The ocean causes her to feel rebellious and like a bird and the ocean is her comfort blanket. For Edna, the ocean holds all of her secrets and all of her dreams. Edna doesn't want to be trapped inside a world held captive by her husband and children, she wants a world where she can swim in the ocean and live alone and in peace. "She went on and on. She remembered the night she swam far out, and recalled the terror that seized her at the fear of being unable to regain the shore. She did not look back now, but went on and on." (Chopin 176). Edna swimming farther out and out into the ocean symbolizes her freedom. Finally Edna can live the life she's wanted to. Since Robert is not there for her anymore she decides her life is worth living in the sea. From her perspective, it is not her committing suicide but living her life how it is meant to be lived.