The Awakening
By Kate Chopin
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• Set in 1890s, Louisiana
• Edna Pontellier
• Takes place on an island off the coast of Louisiana called Grand Isle
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• Upper-class Creole families from New Orleans spend their time there during
the Summer
• Women and children stay on the island while the men go back to the city to
work
• Edna meets Robert Lebrun
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• Edna and Robert spend their time together
• Which makes Edna start seeing herself differently
• Learns to swim
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• Leonce and Edna grow apart over the course of the summer
• Robert leaves for Mexico after realizing he and Edna have become way too
close
• Edna returns to New Orleans and resumes her usual routine
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• However, she soon begins to change and neglects her duties at home
• Does not care about society's expectations anymore
• Moves out while Leonce is out of town, meets Alcee Arobin
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• Friendship turns into a sexual affair
• Robert comes back from Mexico
• They confess their love to each other
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• Edna has to leave to help her friend Madame Ratignolle during labor and
Robert stays behind
• Edna finds her house empty after returning home
• On Grand Isle, she takes a swim but grows tired and ...
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Sources
• https://www.google.com/search?q=the+awakening+kate+chopin&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjUu_jd4NztAhUW_
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• Kate Chopin, The Awakening, Wordsworth Classics, 2015
• https://www.gradesaver.com/the-awakening/study-guide/summary
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