... domestic pursuits. Edna Pontellier, a Southern Protestant lady, initially accepts this predetermined role of passive dependence, seduced into the temptation of Victorian conformity. The stark transformation between placid submission into contemptuous rebellion can be attributed to the certain instances and events that transpired over the course of the summer at Grand Isle. There was a growing rift between her husband, Leonce Pontellier, and Edna, exemplified by ... even her reclusive and independent world, Edna decides to take her own life. Her self-drowning was a conscious statement th...

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