four stages of edna’s awakening

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1、FourStagesofEdna’sAwakening　　【Abstract】Theawakeningintroducestothereaderawomanwhoexperiencesself-growthwithinfourstages.Attheinitialstage，Edna，theheroineofthenovel，livesadesolatedlifewithasplitpersonality.Inwardly，shehasherownfantasiesandkeepsautonomous.Outwardly，sheactsin

2、accordancewiththesocialcode.Asthedissatisfactionofhermarriagedeteriorates，shebeginstheperiodofsearchingforheridentityasawomanandrestartsherlifeonGrandIsle.HerawakeningisfurtheradvancedbytheinfluenceofAdele，MademoiselleReiszandRobert.Roberthelpstoexcitehersexualandemotional

3、awakening.MademoiselleReiszinspiresherartisticawarenessandalsoexertsprofoundinfluenceinherpursuitoffreedom.AdèleinducesEdnatogetridoftherepressionofconvention.TheopennessoftheCreolecommunityimpelshertosharemoreofherinnerworld.Theactofswimminginitiateshersexualawakeningandt

4、heroleitplaysinprobingself-awarenessisundoubtedlythemostimportant，whichalsosetsthegroundforherlaterdefiancetotheconvention.Asherself-awarenessgrows，shedeclaresherindependenceinadinnerpartyandrefusestoattendhersister’swedding.SheevenhasanaffairwithanothermanArobin.　　【Keywor

5、ds】Edna；self-discovery；awakening；emancipation　　AnalysisofEdna’sAwakening　　AstheprotagonistofTheAwakeningundergoesherself-growthwithinfourstages，sherealizesherinnerbeingandexploresherselfidentitywiththepeoplesheencountersandexperiencesshehasbitbybit.Threepeopleplayanindispe

6、nsableroleincatalyzingherawakening.Robertexciteshersexualandemotionalawakening.MademoiselleReiszinspiresherartisticawarenessandexertsprofoundinfluenceinherpursuitoffreedom.Adèle，themother-womaninVictorianage，inducesEdnatogetridoftherepressionofconvention.Andtheemancipation

7、ofherspiritisachievedthroughherfinalsuicideintothesea.　　Thebook，sinceitspublication，hasreceivedvariousfeedbacksfromthereaders，includingappreciationaswellasharshcriticisms.Showalterdepicts“thebook，whichChopinsubtitled‘TheSolitarySoul’，maybereadasanaccountofEdnaPontellier’se

8、volutionfromromanticfantasiesoffusionwithanotherpersontoself-definitionandself-reliance”（