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The Awakening What does the fact that the bird echoes the phrases of rejection and rebuff tell us about the society in which the novel is set? - correct answer At the beginning of the novel the parrot is saying "Go away! Go away! Damn! which sets the mood when Mr. Pontellier enters and disturbs Edna's sleep. It represents how Edna feels towards her husband. In what ways does the parrot's predicament represent that of Edna Pontellier? - correct answer The birds in the novel help explain the restraints and/or emotions felt by Edna as she pushes boundaries as traditional women. The parrot speaks a "language, which nobody understood, unless it was the mocking bird." How will this detail apply symbolically to Edna once she has begun to awaken? - correct answer The parrot represents Edna and the mockingbird represents Mademoiselle Reisz. Edna wants to have freedom, something Mademoiselle Reisz has already achieved. Nobody else can comprehend Edna's desires except for Mademoiselle Reisz because she has gone through what Edna is feeling. The mockingbird, it has been suggested, represents Mademoiselle Reisz. Can you explain this identification? - correct answer The mockingbird represents Mademoiselle Reisz because it is the only bird that is not caged in the story, and Mademoiselle Reisz is the only woman in the story who has truly been free. She has followed her own path of pursuing music instead of the path of getting married and having children that society expects her to follow. The symbol of the birds applies more generally to women in the nineteenth century. Can you explain this identification? - correct answer The birds in this story are caged. This relates to the women of the 19th century because they were supposed to be devoted to their husbands and families and nothing else. These were the expectations of their society. Like the bird, they were trapped and didn't have the freedom to be their own person. Léonce does not regard his wife as a partner in marriage so much as a possession. How is this established by: a. the simile Chopin uses to describe his reaction to Edna's sunburn; b. the incident of the return of the rings; c. the way he reacts to Edna's close relationship with Robert; d. his decision to go to play billiards? - correct answer a. Scorns her for going to the beach at the hottest time of the day b. she laughs c. doesn't care d. get away from Edna How does Edna react to her husband? What relationship does she appear to have with her children? - correct answer Edna reacts to her husband by ignoring him. Edna cares about her children but it doesn't seem like she has a close relationship with them. What evidence is given in this chapter that Robert Lebrun is a rather shallow young man lacking a sense of drive and determination? - correct answer What do you learn about Edna's upbringing? In what ways does it place her at a potential disadvantage in the wealthy French Creole society of New Orleans into which she has married? - correct answer We learn that when Edna was young her mother died and her older sister had to be the mother figure in their household. In addition, Edna has always been more closed off to people and felt different from them. It places her at a disadvantage in her society because she didn't have her mother to be an example of how they expect women to act. Mr. Pontellier reproaches "his wife for her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children." Since Raoul clearly does not have a fever, what has given rise to this accusation? What is ironic about this accusation being made by Mr. Pontellier? - correct answer When Mr. Pontellier says Raoul has a fever when he actually doesn't, accuses Edna of neglecting their children. He gives this false claim because Edna seemed uninterested in his stories about his night at the hotel. His accusation is ironic because he says Edna neglects the children but in reality it is he who neglects them. He doesn't talk to them and spends his free time at the men's club or at the hotel. Why does Edna cry? In what ways is her reaction to her husband's comments different from the way she normally deals with such incidents? What accounts for the difference? - correct answer Edna cries because she is unhappy with her marriage. Comment on the similes: a. "[The sound of the sea] broke like a mournful lullaby upon the night." b. "[Her vague anguish] was like a shadow, like a mist passing across her soul's summer day." - correct answer