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symbolism in the awakening
Title: symbolism in the awakening
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 625 | Pages: 2.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
symbolism in the awakening
The Awakening contains many symbolic features, such as the way Edna uses art, the birds
(the parrot and the mockingbird), sleep, music, and the houses Edna Pontellier lives in, but
perhaps two of the most significant symbols are the clothes in the novel, not only of Edna,
but also the other characters, and the water, whether it be the ocean, the gulf, or the sea.
These two symbols are possibly the most significant because of …showed first 75 words of 625 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 625 total…a very suppressed woman
(fully clothed) and ‘covered by society and its’ strict roles, and then ends naked as if she is
escaping the restricted boundaries of her clothes and of society. The water is a constant
source of new life for Edna, and as her clothes are removed to go into the water, they are
replaced by a more greater sense of power and energy, the freedom that the water has helped
her realize.
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