Leaving Your Marriage To ‘Do Better’ Is A Feminist Fantasy
In Kate Chopin’s 1899 novel “The Awakening,” protagonist Edna Pontellier begins to withdraw from her role as a wife and mother, cheats on her husband while he is away on business, and eventually drowns herself in the Gulf of Mexico when ano
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In Kate Chopin’s 1899 novel “The Awakening,” protagonist Edna Pontellier begins to withdraw from her role as a wife and mother, cheats on her husband while he is away on business, and eventually drowns herself in the Gulf of Mexico when another prospective lover leaves her. When I first read this book as an undergraduate, ...
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