awakening- study guide/ quiz Flashcards
significance of the title of the novel
literally means edna’s revelation or epiphany as she discovers who she really is
ways that leonce is a good husband
- provides
- treats family with kindness
- well respected man in community
ways that leonce is a bad husband
- expects to have a perfect, submissive wife
- never home, always on business or at men’s lounge
novel’s setting
begins at the lebrun cottages on grand isle beach then goes to new orleans, lousiana and then ends at grand isle.
- late 1800’s
- year cycle
how is edna different from adele
- adele is creole
- adele is perfect example of mother women
- edna is catholic
garment imagery (5)
- adele always covered her skin, gloves
- edna loosens her clothes at madame antoine’s house
- threw out her bathing suit and stood free at the end of the novel
- edna did not wear her usually tuesday attire one evening
- when robert left, edna could be described as a faded garment
significance of doctor mandalet
represents a witty figure that could have been the key to edna’s troubles yet he was not sought for advice by edna
who is victor
madame lebrun’s youngest and favorite son, robert’s little brother
when edna gets small house, how does leonce cover it up
instructs architect to do renovations on big house, puts a notice in the paper that they are planning to travel abroad
madamoiselle reisz’s music v.s. adele’s
adele- family, entertain children, hold social gathering
reisz’- passion, classical, desire
how is doctor mandalet likable
old, admiring. tries to help edna’s situation by reaching out to her softly. instead of her others who demand her to do stuff.
how is alcee arobin least likable
he is a womanizer
-knows that edna is confused and uses that to satisfy his wants
two ways that edna defies social conventions
goes out on tuesday when she is supposed to be receiving guests
does not want to attend janet’s wedding
bird images in novel (3)
bird at end going down- suicide
- reisz says that you must be strong enough to fly over laws of tradition
- bird and parrot trapped in cage at the beginning
how does edna earn money
- selling paintings
- money from horse races
- mother’s inheritance
how many children does enda have
2, boys
the novel was written over 100 years ago, why does that matter
social conventions of women have changed. women’s rights are now a thing. back then it wasn’t
the contrast in society of today v.s. then
major conflict of novel
woman v.s. society
edna is trying to find her inner self but has to defy all the rules of society to reach that
is edna a typical heroine
no
- not male
- she does not help others, she is defying all laws of tradition so she get what she wants.
how do you know that adele is a mother women
knitting winter clothes for kids during summer vacation
what do bon-bons represent
pay-off for lack of affiliation
how does edna feel about the sea
its gentle seductive embrace. like the kentucky fields
how does beads represent the woman in black
symbol of ideal conventional woman without a man
two things that leonce reprimands edna for
she got burnt beyond recognition
did not recognize rauol was sick
what does efface mean
erase
who kissed cold glass
edna
what was behind the cold glass
the tragedian
how old is edna
leonce
28
40
“they need looking after, like any other class of persons that you employ” who is speaker and they
speaker- leonce
they- cooks
“There was with her a feeling of having descended in the ____ scale,with a corresponding sense of having risen in the _____”
social
spiritual
the garden cafe that enda meets robert
catiches garden cafe
how do you know that divorce is not common
robert is demented to believe that edna could be with him since she is married
“I know I would understand, and I tell you, there are not many who would-not many, my dear”
doctor to edna
what does edna’s suicide represent
- victory, santiago’s marlin skeleton doesn’t look victorious but it is.
- nobody would understand her
“You know I only live when I’m near you”
alcee arobin
