- 01Grand Isle resort scene
- 01Robert Lebrun and Mrs. Pontellier on the porch
- 02Family backgrounds and dinner plans
- 01Mr. Pontellier's late-night return and rebuke
- 02Mrs. Pontellier's midnight tears on the porch
- 03Departure for the city and gift box from New Orleans
- 01Mother-women and Adèle Ratignolle
- 02Creole freedom and social shocks
- 01Robert's playful courtship of Madame Ratignolle
- 02Mrs. Pontellier sketches Madame Ratignolle and Robert intrudes
- 03Afternoon gathering, Madame Ratignolle's faintness, and the bathing reminder
- 01Walk to the beach and bath-house setup
- 02Edna’s awakening and the sea’s influence
- 03Edna’s memories of reserve and infatuation
- 04Edna's secret passion and marriage
- 05Confession by the sea
- 06Robert's arrival with the children
- 01Madame Ratignolle warns Robert about Edna
- 02Robert at Madame Lebrun’s cottage
- 03Evening gathering in the hall
- 01Saturday-night family entertainment
- 01Mademoiselle Reisz’s piano performance
- 02Moonlit bath and Edna’s first swim
- 03Walk home and hammock conversation
- 01Edna’s refusal to obey Léonce
- 02Early-morning departure for the Chênière
- 01Coffee and the walk to the wharf
- 02The boat crossing to Chênière Caminada
- 03Dreams of Grande Terre and pirate treasure
- 01Edna’s collapse at church
- 02Resting at Madame Antoine’s cottage
- 03Awakening, meal, and island storytelling
- 01Etienne put to bed
- 02Léonce’s uneasiness and Edna’s reflections
- 01Robert's sudden departure for Mexico
- 01Edna’s awakening after Robert’s departure
- 02Mademoiselle Reisz and Robert’s letters
- 03Edna’s jealousy and self-ownership
- 01Mademoiselle Reisz on the Lebrun family
- 01Mademoiselle Reisz's farewell and invitation
- 02The Pontellier house and Tuesday reception routine
- 03Edna's absence and dinner confrontation
- 01Edna's outburst and the wedding ring
- 02Edna's restless morning and visit to Madame Ratignolle
- 03Sketches, praise, and domestic harmony
- 01Edna's defiance of domestic duties
- 02Painting, household models, and awakening desire
- 01Shifting moods and restless solitude
- 02Search for Mademoiselle Reisz
- 03Visit to the Lebrun house
- 04Victor’s flirtation and Madame Lebrun’s welcome
- 01Edna’s visit to Mademoiselle Reisz
- 02Robert’s letter and the Chopin Impromptu
- 01Mademoiselle’s Impromptu and Edna’s departure
- 02Mr. Pontellier consults Doctor Mandelet about Edna
- 03Doctor Mandelet’s advice on women’s delicacy
- 01Doctor Mandelet reassures Mr. Pontellier
- 02Edna and her father’s visit
- 01Edna’s dispute over her sister’s wedding
- 02Léonce’s departure and Edna’s solitude
- 03Edna’s first evening alone
- 01Edna’s restless moods and work
- 02Race track outing with Mrs. Highcamp and Alcée Arobin
- 03Dinner, return home, and sleepless agitation
- 04Second visit with Arobin and growing intimacy
- 01Arobin’s apology and growing intimacy
- 02Edna’s move to the little house
- 03Robert’s return and Edna’s confession
The Awakening
Gender, desire, marriage, and autonomy.
9Chapters
55Lessons
132Topics
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Skills this course leaves you with.
- Analyze how the course’s literary works explore gender, desire, marriage, and autonomy
- Trace the development of Edna’s awakening across key scenes and chapters
- Compare recurring themes and symbols across the included short stories and novel excerpts
- Interpret character relationships and conflicts in relation to social expectations
- Identify major narrative moments such as confessions, farewells, and turning points
- Discuss how setting and atmosphere shape meaning in the selected texts
Curriculum
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- Chapters
- 9
- Lessons
- 55
- Topics
- 132
- 01Edna's self-examination and Arobin's teasing
- 01Arobin’s first kiss and Edna’s awakening
- 02Edna’s decision to move to the pigeon house
- 03Arobin helps with the move
- 01Edna's birthday dinner party
- 01Closing the party and locking the house
- 02Walk to the pigeon house
- 03Edna's furnished pigeon house
- 01Edna's farewell and Pontellier's response
- 02Pigeon house and visit with the children
- 01Edna's return from her children and social calls
- 02Robert's unexpected return at Mademoiselle Reisz's
- 03Walk home and dinner with Robert
- 01Dinner in the small dining-room
- 02Robert's Mexican sojourn and the tobacco pouch
- 03Arobin's visit and Edna's note to Mrs. Merriman
- 01Robert's farewell visit
- 02Edna's hopeful morning reverie
- 03Raoul's note and Léonce's letter
- 01Edna’s letters, disappointment, and Arobin’s drive
- 02The garden café reunion with Robert
- 01Edna and Robert’s evening conversation
- 02Confession of love and separation
- 01Edna’s reluctant departure
- 02Madame Ratignolle’s labor and waiting for Dr. Mandelet
- 01Adèle Ratignolle’s labor and Edna’s dread
- 02Walk home with Doctor Mandelet
- 01Doctor’s warning about illusion and suffering
- 02Edna’s return home and Robert’s farewell note
- 01Victor and Mariequita at the gallery
- 02Edna’s arrival and seaside rest
- 03Edna’s swim and final surrender
- 01La Folle’s fear of the bayou
- 02Chéri’s gunshot accident
- 03La Folle crosses the bayou for help
- 04Morning return to Bellissime
- 01Ma’ame Pélagie’s ruined ancestral home
- 01La Petite's arrival at Côte Joyeuse
- 02La Petite's growing restlessness
- 03Pauline's fear of losing La Petite
- 01Ma’ame Pélagie’s farewell vision of the ruin
- 01Farewell to the ruined Valmêt place
- 02Rebuilt Valmêt and Ma’ame Pélagie’s old age
- 01Désirée’s foundling origins and marriage to Armand
- 02The baby’s resemblance and Armand’s change
- 03Désirée’s departure and Armand’s discovery
- 01Mrs. Baroda’s first impressions of Gouvernail
- 02Conversation in the dressing-room and evening bench scene
- 03Mrs. Baroda’s inner struggle and change of heart
- 01Brantain's interrupted confession
- 02Nathalie's explanation and reconciliation
- 03Wedding-day reversal
- 01Unexpected possession of fifteen dollars
- 01Silk hosiery purchase and fitting
- 02Shoes and gloves at the department store
- 01Lunch at the restaurant
- 02Matinee at the theatre
- 01A longing for the cable car to keep going
- 01Confederate camp at night
- 02Octavie's locket and Edmond's memory
- 01The priest recovers the locket from the battlefield
- 02Octavie’s grief and the spring drive with Judge Pillier
- 03Edmond explains the locket’s loss
- 01Reflection on the moving procession
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