Theme Of Curiosity In Kate Chopin's The Awakening

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Everyone seeks the understanding of their true self. Curiosity, he mind's way seeking the mysteries of self true being. Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, opens in the 1800s , at the state of position woman had in society, were being drastically altered. Throughout the novella, there are various awakenings such as realism, freedom, curiousness overflowing the book. Rebirth takes its toll on the characters Enda, Leonce, and Adele. The different types of realisations and symbolisms such as realism, freedom and curiousness that Chopin uses influence the cast of characters by the manifestation of the divergent awakenings occurring in the story.
The story is significant because it refers to the abounding ways in which Edna begins to awaken to the …show more content…

Curiosity can have its pros and cons, the scrutiny of it all depends on the lengths of wonder. True love doesn't conquer all in the novella, but it teaches to follow the heart and take risks. Imparted in the article, “Edna's curiosity leads her to unleash the lust in her. Edna abandons all of her lovers in order to stark reality itself,” leading to that love is not in her path for her Rebirthing. All the characters such as Lenonce, the husband of Edna comes to realize the change occurring, that things are different she's lost trying to be found. The curiousness leads her to want to learn more about music. Music is the motif of this story, the manner of each character uses and understands music gives us a sense of edna's alignment in relation to the other characters. Her exploration of music and its significance enable her to flourish. The difference Edna detects is to also testifying her emotional growth, as she reaches a point in her awakening, which she is able to hear what the music says to her rather than imagining random pictures to put together with the sound. All through the curiosity that Chopin has delivered on the characters

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