Suicide in The Awakening
What is suicide? "(Suicide is) the act of self-destruction by a person sound in mind and capable of measuring his (or her) moral responsibility" (Webster 1705). "No one really knows why human beings commit suicide. Indeed, the very person who takes his (or her) own life may be least aware at the moment of decision of the essence of his (or her) reasons and emotions for doing so. At the outset, it can be said that a dozen individuals can kill themselves and "do" (or commit) 12 psychologically different deeds" (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 385). Suicide is written about in a variety of novels, short stories, and movies. Suicide moves like an undercurrent in the sea of themes of The Awakening. The possibility of suicide and even the idea of death darkens the story, making Edna's emotional ups and downs dangerous - her occasional misery leads her to subconsciously think of suicide. She holds the hopelessness at bay by moving out and getting her own apartment, while trying to find a man who will accept her, but in the end she succumbs. Edna's closest physical brush with death occurs one night at the beach, when the summer residents decide to take a midnight swim. Despite having had a hard time learning
She has a "quick vision of death". Eventually she sees Robert again. Leonce Pontellier tries to hold Edna down, wanting her to be a mother and a housewife, when she knows she is not like that. Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman, William Burto, and William E. However, each time Edna does awaken; it is only at the very end when she finally drifts away. When she is across the bay, once she wakes up, she likens her nap to a hundred years' sleep. Edna reminds him, that it was he who awoke her last summer out of a life-long ,stupid dream; however, Robert only leaves her a note that reads, "I love you. This is her surrender to a tradition and a society that is too powerful. Finally, she realizes that her only escape is suicide. Her near-death experience in the summer left an impression on her that influences her choice of escape from life. Having left her husband, she hopes to start a fresh new life with Robert. Falling asleep can be associated with the idea of death as well.
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