Who are the characters of the story entitled The Awakening?
Edna is the protagonist of the novel, and the “awakening” to which the title refers is hers. The twenty-eight-year-old wife of a New Orleans businessman, Edna suddenly finds herself dissatisfied with her marriage and the limited, conservative lifestyle that it allows.
Who is Madame Antoine in the awakening?
Who is Madame Antoine? A fat woman who can’t speak English, but is very hospitable. Friend of Robert’s. What does Edna do at Madame Antoine’s house?
What is Madame Lebrun’s first name?
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (also spelled Vigée-Lebrun; French pronunciation: [elizabɛt lwiz viʒe ləbʁœ̃]; 16 April 1755 – 30 March 1842), also known as Madame Le Brun, was a prominent French portrait painter of the late 18th century.
Who is Tonie in the awakening?
Tonie: Tonie is Madame Antoine’s son, who helps Robert with the boat.
Why is Edna jealous of Mme Lebrun?
Edna has also been hanging around Madame Lebrun, hoping to hear some news about Robert. She reads a letter he has sent to his mother and feels jealous that the letter was written to Madame Lebrun instead of to her. Edna thinks that she has the right to have these secret (or not-so-secret) feelings for Robert.
Who is Madame Lebrun’s favorite son?
Mademoiselle Reisz tells the truth about Madame Lebrun’s relationship with her sons, revealing Victor as the favorite, and offers blunt, acerbic appraisals of everyone else.
Why does Mr Pontellier become angry with Edna One Tuesday evening?
Why does it anger Mr. Pontellier so much that Edna went out on Tuesday? He thinks it will hurt his business and reputation.
Who is the lady in black in the awakening?
The lady in black represents the conventional Victorian ideal of the widowed woman. She does not embark on a life of independence after fulfilling her duties as a wife; instead, she devotes herself to the memory of her husband and, through religion, to his departed soul.
Why are the lovers and the Lady in Black always juxtaposed?
“The lovers” represent Edna and Robert and the life they may have had if circumstances were different, the lady in black is juxtaposed with “the lovers” to implicate an inevitable failure of the relationship.
Why did Edna marry her husband in the awakening?
Chapter 7 reveals much about Edna’s history of rebellion: running away into the fields to escape her father’s gloomy prayer services and marrying Léonce not out of personal passion for him but because of her family’s “violent opposition” to her marrying a Catholic man.
Why did Edna’s father and sister oppose her marriage to Leonce?
Why did Edna’s father and sister oppose her marriage to Leonce Pontellier? Because he was a Catholic. What is Edna expected to do every Tuesday afternoon at her home in New Orleans?
How does the narrator characterize Edna’s current marriage?
She married him because her family was violently opposed to marrying a catholic man, she did it out of rebellion. “She grew fond of her husband, realizing with some unaccountable satisfaction that no trace of passion or excessive and fictitious warmth colored her affection, thereby threatening its dissolution” (18).