Awakening The Significance of Contrasting Places
“The Awakening: The Significance of Contrasting Places” Different settings are often used, by writers, to signify ideas essential to the meaning of the work or to symbolize conflicting forces. In The Awakening, the city of New Orleans represents Edna Pontellier’s limitations in life. However, Grand Isle is the location which begins and ultimately ends the awakening of Edna’s individualism. ... Hence, Grand Isle is important in contributing to Edna’s awakening and New Orleans shows the monotonous life Edna must break away from to become “alive. ... The Awakening greatly shows the importance of the two different settings, Grand Isle and New Orleans, and how they contribute to the moods Edna Pontellier experiences through time.