Preface
Introduction
Part One Edna's Awakening from an Object to a Subject
1.1 Sexual Awakening
1.2 Sensuous Awakening
1.3 Awakening of Her Passion
1.4 Social Awareness
Part Two Edna's Awakening From Illusion to Reality
2.1 Disillusionment of Romantic Love
2.2 Disillusionment of Complete Individuality
2.3 A Solitary Soul
2.4 The Ending
Part Three Factors Contributing to Edna's Awakening
3.1 Milieu
3.1. 1 Her Family
3.1. 2 The Creole Society
3.2 The Female Friends
3.2. 1 Adele Ratignolle
3.2. 2 Mademoiselle Reisz
3.3 Male Characters' Function in Edna's Awakening
3.3.1 Laonce Pontellier
3.3.2 Robert Lebrun and Alcae Arobin
Conclusion
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