A Rose Fro Emily Essay, Research Paper

To be “awake” is to be aware of the world, to know the self, to question the everyday. We have all had the experience of suddenly realizing some fact that we had not been previously aware of: our eyes have been opened. In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, Edna, the protagonist is a woman with an independent nature, searching for her true identity in a patriarchal society that expects women to be nothing more than devoted wives and nurturing mothers. In this paper I will evaluate Edna s journey of self-discovery and explain why does a woman struggle for independence will never be an easy task.