It is interesting to read how Edna rediscovers herself without using the social restrictions of the society that she has been living under. Because she is a woman, Edna is expected to devote herself to both marriage and motherhood. Edna finds that she is not content with playing these roles so she goes outside of social boundaries and follows her curiosity and desires. There was one symbolic moment that comes to mind that helps to depict her rebellion toward social confinement and it was when she swam out into the ocean for the first time after being so afraid to do so.

What other symbolic aspects within The Awakening help to portray what Edna is going through in the story?