Friday, February 12, 2016

You, you or maybe you

 As the story progresses, Edna begins awaken from a figurative sleep. She reminisces on her childhood, and more specifically, it's relationships. She never had any solid relationships with woman, her mother died when she was a child, and Edna was the middle child of three sisters. She had childhood friends whom were girls, but like most girls that day kept to themselves. The relationships she really likes were the ones with the men. She would fantasize about them as a child, and that is partly why she got married. She hoped marriage would bring her down to Earth, and provide her with politically correct standards of society. Only now, she realizes the she is not cut-out for mother duty, and while she respects her husband, she would much rather be single. It begins to show in her relationship with Robert. She finds herself much more comfortable with him than with her own husband. In chapter seven, Edna shares a moment of intimacy with Adèle, with Adèle caressing her hand, and Edna resting on her shoulder. Edna seems very confused as to what she wants to do with herself, and it could possibly ruin her marriage.

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