"The Awakening" is a classic modern example of the tragic hero. However this new found independence also becomes her downfall as her actions are looked down upon by the members of her society in the late 19th century south. Liberated by this experience she sends her children away and is determined to live a more independent and self-determined life. She seeks a spiritual and sexual awakening through an affair with a younger man during one summer while her husband is away. Edna finds herself trapped in her life as a wife and a mother and feels unable to express her passionate sensuality within the confines of her marriage. "The Awakening" is the story of Edna Pontellier, an attractive twenty-eight year old woman who is a wife and mother of two sons living in the Creole south in the late 19th century.
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