quot;New" woman. The two women are examples of the two conflicting versions of the woman in society. Mademoiselle Reisz is another of Edna's good friends, and she is essential to Edna's "awakening." Mademoiselle Reisz is the old, unmarried, childless, musician who devoted her life to music instead. She sees the ways in which Edna is different from the other women at this time, takes her under her wing and supports her. The characters of Adele Ratignolle and Mademoiselle Reisz represent what society views as the suitable and unsuitable women figures. Mademoiselle Ratignolle is the ideal Grand Isle woman, a home-loving mother and a good wife.
             The three women represent the three parts of Sigmund Freud's diagram of the mind consisting of the id, the ego, and the super-
             ...