Friday, April 29, 2011

The Awakening- Part III

Conclusion of the novel comes up when the  Robert makes a difficult decision to break up the relationship with Edna. Particularly,Edna finds the note from Robert in which he specifies the final decision thus creating a large impact at Edna's life. As a result, Edna realizes that she is trapped between her and society expectations. After that she acknowledges the fact that the only people who influenced and supported in her life were her boys Raoul and Etienne. In addition to this, she asserts the claim that she made prior to Adèle that she is willing to sacrifice her life for her boys, but not herself. Finally, at the end she decides to make suicide because in that way she believes that will save the life of her boys.The end of The Awakening is portrayed with significant moment when  Edna release herself to the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

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