Edna and Robert met at the Grand Isle summer resort where Robert would spend his time attending to the women's needs. ... Robert could not live in a life where he is not allowed to be with a woman whom he loved so he left for Mexico at the end of the summer. ... After he left, Edna became sad and depressed again because she is still living a life in which she was not able to be her own self. ... (pg. 95) Edna is not the same person as she was during the summer because the most influential person in her awakening left her life. ... Yet, even though he was asked to stay, Robert left Ed...

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As the relationship between Edna and Robert progresses, Robert's affections and attention inspire Edna to dramatically change. ... However, Robert eventually returns and expresses his feelings for Edna. ... Reisz is the only one who knows of Robert and Edna's secret love. ... Edna returns to her house to find Robert gone with a note left for her. Robert could not escape the constraints of society. ...

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During her vacationing, Edna meets Robert Lebrun. ... Edna and Robert quickly develop to an "advanced" stage of intimacy. ... Edna tried to turn down invitations given to her by Robert, but often agrees. ... Edna's relationship with Robert plays a large part in her search for identity. ... As most would assume, she took "the easy way out" and left everything behind without a care in the world and just continued on with her selfishness. ...

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Now you are here we shall love each other, my Robert. ... Edna is forced to choose between Robert and her family. ... The flames of love quickly consume her, and the presence of Robert invades her every thought. ... The "life- left behind consists of her "material possessions-(home, husband, children). However, when Edna's final rendezvous with Robert ends in disaster, she chooses to make one last decision. ...

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Everything imaginable happens until there are a select few left that are true friends. ... Even after Emma's death, Charles still cherishes her memory even though she left him to live in a life of poverty. ... (Seyersted 221) Mademoiselle Reisz was also the only one who Robert told his love for Edna to. ...

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Though having an affair with Robert Lebrun, Edna spits in the face of the society that confines her. While Robert's presence initially held little significance to her, Edna soon found herself craving his attention. She reveled in the devotion he showed for her and was devastated when he eventually left her in pursuit of wealth in Mexico. Later she finds replacement for Robert through a man named Arobin. ... We ourselves are left are left with the burden of determining the answer to the question; "Is acceptance worth the subjugation of our very selves?" ...

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Robert, a very flirtatious man, is always with a different woman every summer. ... During the fling with Alca©e, thoughts of Robert never stray far from her mind. When Robert returns from Mexico Edna has an awkward encounter with him at Mademoiselle Reisz's home. ... After having a few more dates, Edna and Robert declare their love for one another. ... After returning to her "pigeon house- Edna finds a note in place of Robert, he has left her and will not be returning because he loves her so much. ...

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She prefers to spend her time with a young man named Robert. Robert is a native to the island and he usually picks one woman each summer to hang around with. Edna and Robert are close to the same age, whereas Edna and her husband are very far apart in age. ... Also Mademoiselle Reiz receives letters from Robert about Edna and this makes Edna realize just how much she loves Robert. ... She was a little selfish in the fact that she just left her children without a thought. ...

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The first sign comes on a trip to the beach with Robert. ... One way Chopin shows this is through Robert Lebrun. ... First, Robert left for Mexico to pursue business. ... Robert's exit is also important because Edna is losing a love. ... But now he was gone and she was left knowing that she had been "denied that which her impassioned, newly awakened being demanded- (682). ...

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Even though Edna longed for and missed Robert when he left, Mr. ... Robert writes to his friend Mademoiselle Reisz regularly, sometimes mentions Edna. ... This was the Role of Robert for the summer, however he actually did fall in love with Mrs. ... Robert, trying to be honorable by not advancing on another man's wife, leaves for Mexico. ... Her wanting Robert, further distinguishes herself from any of the mentioned normative roles. ...

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The fact that the first man she fell in love with was Robert and the second was Arobin is of no consequence; she loved them because she was capable of love, and realized that she could feel desire and passion for a man (other than her husband). ... She was more in love with Robert because, as she said to him, " [i]t was you who awoke me last summer out of a life-long, stupid dream'- (Chopin 332). ... I think she only fell in love with Arobin and became "[ ] supple to his gentle, seductive entreaties- because he happened to be there when Edna's sensuality and desires had come into ...

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The Ideal of Womanhood in Kate Chopin's The Awakening Throughout most of history women generally have had fewer rights than men. The Women's Rights Movement began in cities of the northeast in the early to mid-1800's and soon emerged in cities of the Midwest and western states. It was not until the 1890's that women in the southern states joined the bandwagon. The Awakening by Kate Chopin, set in the coastal region of Louisiana, was written and published during this time. Industrialization, urbanization and changing social norms in the United States were great i...

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This gives insight into the comment that Madame Ratignolle says to Robert on a walk home, "She is not one of us; she is not like us. ... Mademoiselle Reisz can sense the artist inside Edna and knows that she can let it free, she can feel that Edna is not like the others just as Madame Ratignolle had mentioned to Robert. ... He knows that with her leaving and not leaving an excuse as to why she left, they have not held up their part of the social conventions. ...

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The reader is left to interpret Edna's departure after Madame Lebrun's continued invitations to stay as a necessary escape from being dragged back into the patriarchal shadow of society. ... Edna's exploration of her sexual desires begins with Arobin, and ends with Robert. ... She explored these new desires without much thought of what social bearing her actions may have, essentially using Arobin as a surrogate to quell her desire for Robert in his absence. Upon Robert's brief return Edna is despondent to learn that Robert is unwilling to cast aside societal traditions....

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She falls in love with a young man, Robert Lebrun, but she goes to Mexico when he discovers that his feelings toward Edna are very strong. ... After Robert Lebrun comes back from Mexican, he meets Edna and admits to her that he loves her, but their happiness does not last long. Edna leaves to see her friend, Adele, and when she comes home, there is a note that is left by Robert Lebrun that says, "I love you. ... When Edna parts from Robert to go to Adele when she gives birth, Edna still believes that she has control over her own destiny. ... The Robert's note makes her understand not ...

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The two of them are also troubled with love and relationships, Edna with Robert and Hester with Arthur. ... Hester first lost her independence to the letter "A" stitched on her chest by the puritans and this left her unable love, but gradually as she became more independent of the culture and her emotions overran her she realized that she must be with Arthur. ... Edna does not love Leonce, and she struggles with that fact in the beginning of the novel, though Edna does love Robert and has an emotional affair with him and she has a physical affair with Arobin. ...

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Robert Lebrun is the man who Edna truly loves, and his persuasive personality helps her realize that life with her husband resembles a "masquerade"(Chopin 19) more than a marriage. ... Even Robert, who woke Edna out of the "life-long, stupid dream" (Chopin 103) of her marriage, is a facade. ...

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