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The idea of Robert being someone Edna wants but can not have signifies Edna’s journey through the novel realizing her true self is something that she will never become.

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Kate Chopin uses the sea in the novel The Awakening to symbolize freedom
, which allows Edna to experience a rebirth that strengthens herself as an individual.

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Chopin’s use of birds in the novel correlates with Edna’s ever-changing life, and how she transitions from stereotypical southern girl, to an independent, awakened woman.

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Chopin portrays traditionally sinful and unacceptable behaviors as positive and enlightening through her references to religion and spirituality.

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Throughout The Awakening music is used to lead the reader through Edna’s thoughts and emotions as she reaches her own awakening.

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In The Awakening, Chopin uses Edna's changing relationship with the sea, portrayed as a symbol of independence, to illustrate her gradual drift away from the expectations of society.

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Chopin uses color throughout The Awakening to show the differences between the three ladies in the novel.

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The sea represents different aspects of edna's journey throughout the Awakening.

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Chopin’s use of the word waves has a stronger connotation in relation to Edna’s characterization compared to the water.

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Edna's blind trust in the reocurring motif fate is what drives her to achieve her own individuality

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The way Chopin describes Edna's suicide represents her giving up and succumbing to the fact that she will never be able to overcome her role in society.

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The comparing and contrasting of the domestic woman versus the awakened woman throughout the novel served to show Edna’s inner turmoil with society and her own wants.

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Chopin’s utilization of feminist qualities in a nineteenth century woman displays how Edna’s awakening was destined for catastrophe due to her surroundings.

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Edna’s true awakening was the unconscious realization that she is and always will be alone in the world, and as this idea infects her relationship with those around her, she eventually gives in to the perfect solitude of suicide.

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Chopin's use of the sea as an allegory to Aphrodite's birth in Greek mythology emphasizes Edna's realization of herself throughout the novel.

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Chopin's characterization of Edna grows progressively inhuman, lacking human qualities, as the novel develops.

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Edna’s discovery of her own desires sparks her crave to be herself and follow selfish drives.

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Chopin uses the sea to displays edna's
progression towards being awakened

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While Chopin portrays Edna’s search for herself as a noble endeavor, in reality, Edna’s journey for individuality is used as an excuse to shirk her responsibilities.

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While Chopin portrays Edna’s search for herself as a noble endeavor, in reality, Edna’s journey for individuality is used as an excuse to shirk her responsibilities.

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In the novel The Awakening, Kate Chopin uses exotic language to elucidate Edna's psychological transformation into a new version of herself.

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Chopin uses symbolism of temptation to portray Edna’s awakening as negative, despite the positive connotation her progression also presents.

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As the novel progresses, Edna devolves into a childlike being, not one of a sane mind- displaying how her awakening ruined her life.

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Chopin uses Robert to symbolize the attention that edna is craving rather than a true love

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Edna does not love Robert, she simply uses him as another pawn of infatuation to come to the conclusion that she doesn't want love- she wants what she cannot have.

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Edna’s insatiable hunger for the socially unacceptable highlights Chopin’s belief that Edna was never meant to be part of this unprogressive world, but rather from the heavens above.

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Edna’s insatiable hunger for the socially unacceptable highlights Chopin’s belief that Edna was never meant to be part of this unprogressive world, but rather from the heavens above.

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Throughout the novel, Edna removes more clothing until she is fully naked, a motif that provides parallels to how Edna gradually breaks free of the societal expectations of a woman.