I liked "The Story of an Hour" much better than I liked "The Awakening" for a few reasons. First of all, "The Awakening" was entirely too long to say what it had to say. I do not really understand the point of having Edna spend all of that time away from Robert. At first, I thought it was to prove how much she missed him, but then she started fooling around with the other guy. To me, this does not indicate that she missed him very much at all. So what was the point of that whole boring part of the story? It made me want Robert to hurry up and come back so we could get on with it (which I guess Edna was thinking the whole time). Then when he does come back, they admit their love for one another, but they still are not together.
I guess the ending just kind of pissed me off. I don't get the point in her "waking up" and being free to do whatever she feels, but she still cannot be with Robert. Another thing I did not like was the constant references to waking up and awakenings. I think that when a story is really good, you need to think about it, whereas this story just comes right out and tells you where the turning point is. It was obvious to me by that point when she learns to swim that this will be a turning point in her life, so I don't like the fact that Chopin practically spells it out for us. I do like the fact that, Chopin, living in the times that she did, had the courage to make such a stink! I liked the part where Edna is lying in...
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It is an outcome of hopelessness, for example when she flirts with Robert, she does this because she thinks that she finds someone who can understand her and take her as she is, but later on, when Robert gets away from her, she finds another man to have something though she is not in love. Point is that, this woman, Edna, beyond feeling lonely, doesn't know what to do, she , in my humble opinion, just wants someone to be with him all the time, so that makes her selfish, because she just like an ivy which is seeking a wall to lean on, so when she couldn't find anyone to do this, she finds another guy, who probably make her feel secure, so she is just a soul that couldn't live on her own, and also selfish and rebel one.
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