Posted by Maggie Campbell (172.142.144.151) on July 11, 2005 at 7:38:25 p.m.:
In Reply to: Question Two: The Awakening posted by Jeanne Guerin on July 8, 2005 at 8:55:01 a.m.:
Imaging that women were not given equal rights in the past is a thought beyond all belief. Poor Edna who had many of these actions happen to her and for her to feel like less of a person because of these laws is disgusting. Leonce most certainly tried “in every way that he could, to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect, and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life” (Stanton). Edna finally broke free of this imprisonment and became her own person. Her actions in “The Awakening” showed how strong she truly was even while hurting others in the process. Her triumph of becoming Edna the woman she grew to love is something women to this day still try to achieve. “The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments” set a guideline that allowed many women to finally stand up for themselves through the years. By overcoming their hardships we the women of today have received an abundance amount of possibilities in this world with men.