The Awakening

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there was a sympathy of thought and taste between them, in which she was mistaken” (p.35). She considers Leonce more as a friend and does not wish to spend the rest of her life with someone she is not in love with.
A “mother-woman” is a “perfect” woman who loves and takes care of her whole family. Many of Edna’s friends are considered “mother women” but Edna is not. Edna cares for her children, but does not love them as much as she should. “If one of the little Pontellier boys took a tumble whilst at play, he was not apt to rush crying to his mother’s arms for comfort; he would more likely pick himself up, wipe the water out of his eyes and go on playing” (p.21). Edna is not the type to kiss and soothe her kids if she has a choice; she would much rather spend time with Robert. Edna loves her children and “was fond of them in an uneven, impulsive way. She would sometimes gather them passionately to her heart; she would sometimes forget them” (p.35). When she sent Etienne and ...

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