Kate Chopins The Awakening
Kate Chopin’s The Awakening depicts the difficulties a woman at the turn of the twentieth century must face when she becomes unsatisfied with her existence. ... During her struggle for renewal, her complex, and often problematic, sexual awakening is accompanied by the presence of several other transformations which further complicate her plight. ... The awakening of Mrs. ... The struggle that exists between her desire to make her feelings known and the difficulty that she has doing so is apparent during her ‘awakening. ... Edna realizes that there may be repercussions to this ‘awakening,’ as there are to her others, but she remains unwavering and embraces her new, more intense persona. The title of The Awakening may refer specifically to one facet of its plot, intended by its author.