The Awakening – Flashcards
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What is the name of the island in which the Pontelliers and other wealthy Creole families spend their summer vacation?
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Grand Isle.
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What instrument does Mademoiselle Reisz play?
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The piano.
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What is the home Edna moves into in the New Orleans called?
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The pigeon house.
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where does Edna go with Alcee Arobin and Mrs. Highcam when Leonce is out of town on business?
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The racetrack.
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To what country does Robert Lebrun move?
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Mexico.
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What does Victor Lebrun do to upset Edna at her dinner party?
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He sings a song that reminds her of Robert.
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What does Edna say she will not give up for her children?
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Herself.
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How does Edna die?
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She allows herself to drown in the sea.
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When Edna visits Adele Ratignolle during her friend's difficult childbirth, what does Adele tell her just before she leaves?
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To think of her children.
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Why did Edna's father and sister oppose her marriage to Leonce Pontellier?
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Because he was a Catholic.
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What is Edna expected to do every Tuesday afternoon at her home in New Orleans?
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Receive visitors.
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What is the phrase that Madame Lebrun's parrot repeats?
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"Allez vous-en! Sapristi!"
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What do the Farival twins'parents intend them to do as adults?
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Enter a convent.
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In what war did Edna's father, the Colonel, fight?
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The Civil War.
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What event does Edna refuse to attend, despite her father's pleadings?
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Her sister's wedding.
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With whom does Edna converse on Grand Isle just before her death?
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Victor Lebrun.
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Which of the following characters represents the Victorian ideal of the "mother-woman"?
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Adele Ratigonelle.
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With whom does Leonce Pontellier share his concerns about Edna's behavior?
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Doctor Mandelet.
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What object does Robert bring back from his trip that makes Edna jealous?
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A tobacco pouch.
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What foreign language do the characters of the novel often interject into their dialect?
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French.
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What skill does Edna learn while vacationing at Grand Isle?
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How to swim.
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In what decade is the novel most likely set?
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The 1890s.
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To whom does Robert write letters while he is away?
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Madamoiselle Reisz.
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What does Leonce think when he notices Edna's rebellious behavior?
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He wonders if she's gone mad.
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Where does Leonce often eat dinner?
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At his men's social club.
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Who wrote The Awakening?
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Kate Chopin.
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What is the date of the first publication?
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1899.
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What point of view is the novel narrated in?
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Third person.
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Who is the protagonist?
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Edna Pontellier.
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What are the motifs?
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Music; Children; Houses.
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What are the symbols?
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Birds; the sea.
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What is the theme?
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Solitude as the consequence of independence.
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What is the symbolic importance of the lady in black?
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The lady in black represents the conventional Victorian ideal of the widowed woman.
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What is the symbolic importance of the two lovers?
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The two young lovers are obvious mirrors of Robert and Edna, displaying the life they might have had together, had they met before Edna's marriage.
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The two lovers and the lady in black often appear at the same points in the novel; what is the significance of this pairing?
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At several points in the novel, the lady in black follows the two lovers. Her solitude and mourning symbolize the eventual failure of every union and, thus, the immanent failure of Robert and Edna's relationship.
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What is the symbolic meaning of Edna's first successful attempt to swim?
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Edna's first swim symbolizes both rebirth and maturation.
