1. Awakening
... Awakening was written. She evaded and questioned the normative roles of women in her upper-class new Orleans society. Edna's character was slowly awakened to being pulled in four archetypical directions: these archetypes include the marriage of the work-orientated and "bread-winning" husband and the ideal mother, the outcast "quasi-intellectual" feminist, the high-class society, and the true love ... Madame Ratignolle. However, she also gets along with Mademoiselle Reisz, and she finds herself having things in common with her as well. Seeing her being pulled in two quite different direc...
- Word Count: 1488
- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: High School