... every two years she had a baby- (9). Even while on a summer vacation she is busy sewing and preparing clothes for her children for the upcoming winter. Edna, while she respects Adele's dedication to her family, does not desire to replicate these traits "In short Mrs. Pontellier was not a mother-woman- (8). She does not feel the need or the urge to constantly hover over her children, at ... . Edna finds herself unable to link her need for passionate fulfillment with the portrait of a woman she considers an ideal wife. Throughout the book Edna's actions are really a series of reactions to ...

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