Awakening

Symbolism in Kate Chopins The Awakening         The Awakening is a falsehood about a woman who finds herself in a spiritual, emotional, and all the same physical awakening. The novel is enriched with symbolism. There be certain emblematic features by means ofout the whole novel that add justification to the subject matter of the novel. Having an understanding of these symbols with help to full(a)y appreciate the novel itself.

The maritime         To Edna the nautical is a symbol of license and escape. As a child she remembers the fields of Kentucky as being her ocean. The novel goes on to end with Edna returning back to the ocean, where she finds her complete freedom. Chopins description of the ocean is that, the voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in the abyss of solitude(115). Most of Ednas moments of self-discovery are cosyly tied(p) to the ocean. One great moment in particular is when she learns to swim, afterward being so long frustrated with her efforts before. The ocean has a very strong voice, [a]ll the other voices in the novel are finally overwhelmed by this voice, which confidently ventriloquizes nature, and which promises an absolute reconciliation of ?soul and ?body through the medium of the ?soft, close embrace of the Gulf of Mexico (Harmon 1).

Art and Music         In the novel art becomes a symbol of both freedom and failure for Edna. At the moment when Edna is trying to become an artificer that is when she reaches her highest point of awakening. She sees art as a way of self-expression; and her close friend white perch Reisz sees the art as a attempt of individuality. As for the music, it plays an important role in the novel. Both Mademoiselle Reisz and Mademoiselle Ratignolle play the piano. Each...

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