Robert and Edna's suicide (Not Robert and Edna, more like Robert, and Edna's suicide) :^D

   When Edna realized that even the man she claimed to be the love of her life could never understand or relate to her, it was the straw the broke the camel's back, so to speak. Once she decides to move away and become independent of Mr. Pontellier, "she had resolved never again to belong to another other than herself." This is important in her re-connection with Robert because when she becomes candid in her feeling for his leave describing it as "the embodiment of selfishness...neglect[ful]." (Chopin 143) Robert calls her comment, "...cruel...Maybe not intentionally cruel; but you seem to be forcing me into disclosures which can result in nothing..." (Chopin 143) His comment shows that he sees that Edna's expression of anger for his leave is bitter and unnecessary unless it will fix anything - which in his eyes it doesn't. After it was obvious that Edna's love wasn't able to love her exactly as he had before in the careless and playful summer and that he was just as socially indifferent as everyone else, she had begun to feel truly alone.