The Awakening

Question: How come it was so accepted that women have extremely friendly relationships that today can be construed as lesbian-ish? How did this shift occur?


Comment: I think it is interesting to see how, although Mrs. Pontellier is inside and basically immersed in the Creole tradition and culture, she is really an outsider-within because she herself is not Creole and is not accustomed to many of their behaviors still to that day. I wonder how the Creole people feel about her not really being part of "them" culturally-wise. I like how Chopin allows the reader to know Mrs. Pontellier's thoughts because it creates this divide among gendered, racial, and sometimes class lines which is what we had been discussing in class.