The Awakening, A Dolls House and the Quest for Freedom
THE AWAKENING, A DOLLS HOUSE AND THE QUEST FOR FREEDOM Both The Awakening by Kate Chopin and A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen involve a quest for freedom. Both lead characters, Edna and Nora are trapped by societal rules and regulations. The women are also controlled by their husbands. In The Awakening Edna obtains freedom through committing suicide, and in A Dolls House, Nora leaves behind her husband and children. At the beginning of The Awakening, Edna is trapped, living in a cage, where her role in society is to be a mother and a wife. Her husband, Leonce believes that Edna's role is to look after the children: He approached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children. If it wasn't a mother's place to look after children, whose on earth was it? He himself had his hands full with his brokerage business...However, Edna does not suit the role as a mother:In short, Mrs. Pontellier was not a mother-woman. The mother-women seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with their extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious blood. They were women who idolized their children, w
She calls her home a "playroom", and her children have been her dolls. Pontellier's possessions to dispose of or not. Linde, and the Nurse are characters in the play who were able to make their way through life without having a husband or family. He says to her, "Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?" He does not know that the money he gives her, has been going elsewhere. She feels she has to search within herself to discover her identity, and to do so, she leaves her husband and children. Edna's husband tries to force Edna to stay at home on Tuesdays, to talk with the wives of his business partners. She has been denied by her father, husband, and Robert, the right to be what she wishes, and she cannot accept the roles they place her in, as mother and wife. Edna realizes that her actions are unacceptable in society and would rather end her life than deal with the consequences of her actions. Nora cannot continue to live with a man who she does not love, and does not know her. Edna conquers her fear of swimming, bringing new views on life.
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