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The Awakening

The Awakening

Kate Chopin

In Kate Chopin's The Awakening, passion and sensuality surface in Edna Pontellier, a wife and mother who seeks to explore her true self beyond the confines of her dull domestic life. Edna's attraction to high drama sparks affairs outside her marriage as she follows her romantic impulse to add some excitement to her everyday existence. Her rebellion against the personal and social forces that she sees as enslaving her ultimately lead her to escape through suicide.

Take the Quiz Who is Robert's business partner in Mexico?
  1. Alcée Arobin
  2. Léonce, Edna's husband
  3. Victor, Madame Lebrun's handsome son
  4. Montel, an old family friend
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