... responsibility to take care of them as well as a maternal love for them. Yet they are a product of her false self, the self she is trying to shed. Edna is torn. One action that should be examined is her sending her children to Iberville. She wanted them to learn what it was like to be close to nature and not grow ... . With her bruised wings she could no longer fight the evils of society. So she left the cruel would she knew, returning to the calming sea. She stripped away her clothes, the last link she had with the world, and let nature take her home. She had returned to her true self, ...

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• Grade Level: High School