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1. 1. Edna’s Failure to Find Her Female Role in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening

   University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Kristin Kämpenberg; [2007]
   Keywords : Kate Chopin;

   Abstract : In The Awakening we meet Edna, a woman in search of her female identity. She is uncomfortable in her role as the “patriarchal woman” and has trouble becoming either a “modern woman” or an “emancipated woman” To fully understand Edna’s search one must understand the patriarchal society in Chopin’s works and what it means to internalize this system. READ MORE