The Awakening: Triumph Over Tragedy

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and captures their attention. The
reader ends up sympathizing for him, and wanting him to overcome the
obstacles which block his path. He motivates the emotion of the audience
and controls their feelings. Edna Pontellier does not have the depth of
character or ability to be a tragic figure. From the opening chapters she
is portrayed as a troubled woman, one who is captured within a society
where she does not belong. Her marriage to Leonce is one of convenience,
there is no love, no passion, and no affection between them. Edna portrays
a woman who is caught up within a life which does not suit her. She is, in
all aspects a possession. Her every action is dictated by her husband , and
by the accepted rules of her society. As a result of all this, Edna starts
to yearn for excitement, for adventure, and for an escape. She begins to
see her true self buried beneath the formalities of Creole life, thus she
rebels. Edna becomes enraptured by the search for the most desirable of
human ...

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