Posted by Kristi Vang (67.174.158.14) on July 13, 2005 at 10:20:25 a.m.:
In Reply to: Re: Question Two: The Awakening posted by Michael Addy on July 11, 2005 at 8:05:53 p.m.:
Michael,
I agree that society has dramatically change since teh late 18th and early 19th century. The 21st century had allowed women to pursue a higher education, hold properties, make decisions, and hold professional careers. I agree that Edna did not have much a decision at the present time, but she went against the norm of the society at the time to pursue her independance. Edna believes that her independance would make her happier; therefore, she sought for it.
Kristi
>Edna's transformation as an individual in the novel are among the goals sought by the "Declaration of Sentiments." Edna decides even among the hostility towards empowered women in her society, to never fall back and to become herself. I am greatly pleased to see how far our society has come since Edna's era in the area of women's rights. I can understand her decision to be her own person and move out, although even though it is not black and white morally in that while there is a great responsibility one must put on their actions and the impact they have on others, she never did have much of a decision given the era of marrying and having children in the first place. She lived a life that echoed the sentiments.