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The Awakening

Contents

The Author
Brief Synopsis
Characters
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Themes - Rebirth
Themes - Birds
Themes - Victorian Women
Questions for Study  

 


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CHAPTER 6

Summary

At first Edna does not want to go swimming as she has always been apprehensive of the sea. However, now that she is undergoing an awakening, she seems mysteriously drawn to that wide expanse of water, because the act of giving herself to the ocean is another symbolic gesture of her newfound freedom.

We read, “The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation.

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft close embrace.”

Interpretation

We witness Edna’s intimacy with the ocean, and this in a way is a substitute for a relationship with Robert at this stage.  Had Robert not been bound by the constraints of Victorian society, then he might have seduced Edna for it is clear that she is receptive.

 




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