Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Now, I am sad.
Okay so this is a little more devastating than I anticipated. Robert and Edna finally meet again and express their love for each other, but this is actually kind of tragic. I feel like I wish Edna would have talked to Doctor Mandelet because I think he could have helped her. If only she had someone to talk to, maybe she could have fought through it. I didn't think I would have much sympathy for Edna in the end, because in more then one sense, she brings about her own destruction. However, there is a part of me that feels terribly for her because I really do think she could have made it. I suppose though, that she didn't want to.
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Allie,
I definitely agree with you in wishing Edna had gotten some help. Edna had no outlet or structure to rely on and her emotions were all bottled up inside. She became the opposite of what she was supposed to be (according to the Creole society), and it caused her to break.
I really don't have much sympathy for Edna though. She became very ignorant to herself at the end of the novel. And as you said, that caused her own destruction. When she didn't get the reactions she wanted, Edna just couldn't cope.
It's sad she didn't have someone who really loved her and listened to her. Had she, I think The Awakening would have had a different ending.
Good post!
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