Analysis of The Awakening: Characters, Themes, and Style

This essay provides an analysis of Kate Chopin's novel, The Awakening. It explores the characters, particularly focusing on the protagonist, Eden Pontellier, and her journey of self-discovery. The essay examines the themes of rebellion, societal expectations, and the expression of female desires within the context of the late 1800s. It also draws a comparison between the character of Eden and Ahab from Moby Dick, highlighting their shared traits of determination and will power. The essay emphasizes the unique writing style of Chopin and her ability to portray complex female characters. The essay also references the concept of romanticism. The essay concludes with a discussion of the significance of the characters and their actions within the narrative. References are provided for both novels.

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1ANALYSIS
Chopin has written the article awakening to the senses and her style id one of the
uniqueness and beauty. The book seems like it has stroked the brush across a canvas or it is
playing a chord in the piano. The style of her writing is expressive, descriptive and poignant as it
is evident in the novel; therefore, overall adding an effect. One of the most important attributes
of the story is the character speciality the female characters of the novel (Chopin, 2000). The
central character of the story is Eden Pontellier who is shown by Chopin as respectable women
set in the late 1800s who along with acknowledging the sexual desire also recognises the strength
as well as the courage to act on them. She could have easily put a feminist touch in character, but
she completely wrote the novel in a different way to render robustness to the novel and break
away from the conventional way of the treatment of the female character. Instead, she painted
the character in such a way that breaking of the role which is appointed by the society is
discovered by her and her identity in the book is reflected as an independent from her husband as
well as children.
This relates to the awakening is like the concept of romanticism is related to both the
stories. The character of Ahab shares some similarity to Eden. In both, the stories the
determination of the character and the will power resemble. Both the characters are driven as in
the case of the Ahab as his leg was eaten by the white whale he was determined to kill one, and
in the Chopin novel too it comes across the Eden was processing the sexual desire which was
very unusual or rebellious in context of the 18th century here also Ahab seems to be rebellious in
killing the whale as he wanted to kill the white whale in the cost of losing other objectives
(Melville, 2012).

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References
Chopin, K. (2000). The awakening: and other stories. Oxford Paperbacks.
Melville, H. (2012). Moby dick. Блесок-литература и други уметности, (82).