The Awakening and Selected Stories

A woman and her feelings have been one of the most speculated and talked about subjects across all cultures. Her desires, thoughts and actions are always laced with mystery and passion that makes her an enigma and that has compelled so many to write about her. Kate Chopin has done a great job when she describes Edna with such passion and details about the frills of the thoughts one can visibly so many personalities manifesting in one single character. A woman like Edna, with her wants and desires, can feel so dissatisfied and unhappy, when everything seems so splendidly perfect in her life on the outside. Or women are just trained to be happy, choosing to overlook what really makes them happy.