Kate Chopin Questions

1. What features make The Awakening a local color story? 2. What customs and beliefs of Edna Pontelliers society are significant in relation to her psychological development? 3. What attitudes and tendencies in the Creole characters does Edna have trouble adjusting to? 4. why did Edna marry Leonce? Is he the model husband? 5. What incidents in the new(a) ruin that he may not be a good husband for Edna? 6. How do Mlle. Reisz and Mme. Ratignolle function in relation to Edna and the novels view of women as experiences and artists? . What kind of mother is Edna? What kind of artist is she? 8. How are the background characters such as the young lovers and the lady in black at the shore, significant in Ednas story? 9. In detail, explain how the flashbacks to Ednas past function. How does her father compare to the other men in her life? 10. How does the view of romantic love develop in the course of the novel? What is the doctors view of marriage and childbearing? 11.Can you think of an emotional attachment and/or a romantic obsession you have studied in a forward work? How does that incident or character compare with Ednas emotional and romantic relationships? 12. What are the main images and symbols in the novel? 13. Why does Edna get involved with Alcee Arobin? 14. Why do you suppose critics were outraged at this novel in 1899, saying it committed unutterable crimes against polite society and should be labeled poison to cherish moral babes?