12/28/2022 0 Comments The awakening theme![]() In fact, multiple times she defies his requests and emancipates herself from him she moves into her own home, doesn’t listen to commands, and begins to be financially independent. She did not worship her husband, like a mother-woman would do. This shows how important motherhood is to her identity she is a mother and wife, and nothing else …show more content… He fell in love, and his “absolute devotion flattered her” (18). Adele wants to experience everything, because to her it’s natural. She uses no sort of drugs to ease the pain, because the act of childbirth is a miracle to her. In chapter XXXVII, Adele gives birth to her fourth child. Even when she was forbidden by the doctor to lift anything due to her pregnancy, she would not stop expressing her love for her children, and would welcome them into her “fond, encircling arms” (12). These women …show more content… Although her condition was “in no way apparent” (9), she persistently commented on it and brought it into conversations. The term “mother-woman” is used in “The Awakening” to describe society’s image of the perfect woman in other words, what Adele is, and what Edna is not. One of the ways that this is achieved is by the use of the term “mother-woman” and applying it to both of the mentioned female characters. Throughout the novel, Adele and Edna are compared to show how Adele surpasses the societal ideals of what a mother and wife should be, and how Edna defies those standards and refuses to let motherhood consume her life. Two of the novel’s main characters are mothers, although their views on motherhood are not alike at all. ![]() Show More In “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin, the theme of motherhood and the idea of the “mother-woman,” are both very prominent.
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