... attachment. In The Awakening the moon has many symbolic meanings. It is used as a symbol of mythic power and connects Edna with the goddess Selene and the associated implications. She is strong and commanding, the goddess of the hunt. She is sexually aware of Robert for the first time, the fertility aspect of Artemis. Moonlight also symbolizes the struggle Edna has with the concepts of sexual love and romantic love. At the end of chapter ten, delicate images of "strips of moonlight ... alone." Before her awakening, Edna is afraid of abandoning herself to the sea's embrace. At the very e...

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The Awakening The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, tells the story of Edna Pontellier; a women trying to come to means with her life in a world of restrictions. Chopin cleverly creates an image of Edna slowly rebelling in a society that restricts women the right to be an individual. Edna's boundaries and restrictions can be seen by the clothing she wears. Clothing is used as an important symbol in the novel. For instance, Edna's clothing was very ... her, and for the first time in her life stood naked in the open air." This represents Edna removing her final confinements to achieve her freedom. Li...

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... was trying to convey the notion that Edna had a lack of maturity. This childlike quality turned and unhappy situation into a disastrous and horrible situation. Chopin wanted us to see how trapped Edna was, but recognize that she could've saved herself if she had seen where she was in life and not struggled for a past that couldn't be recreated. In The Awakening, there is a message trying ... to be conveyed to not only women, but people, to live how you want and do what you feel, but to also live responsibly. Edna became lost in a wish to be young and free of her responsibilities, althou...

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