|
|

This is only a preview of the paper Click here to register and get the full text. Existing members click here to login
|
|
|
Sea of Solitude
The sea is a dangerous place to many people. ... For Edna Pontellier, the sea embodies the strength and loneliness of independence and as she develops throughout the story she awakens to the former and is destroyed by the latter. The sea, for Edna, is the freedom she has desired and the solitude she fears.
At the onset of The Awakening, Edna fears the water and perceives swimming as a Acertain ungovernable dread@ hanging above her. ... The sea is the universal beginning for Edna=s journey of discovery when she swims for the first time.
Approximate Word count = 424 Approximate Pages = 1.7 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
|
|
|
|
|