The Awakening

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…she has swam out to far on purpose to drown her guilty mind, body, and soul. She feels this is the only way to free herself from the feelings of being possessed, and this will redeem the character of her husband and children. In summation, Edna is like many women, just searching for a way out of the trapping lifestyle of being subservient to a man that she once loved but now has altered feelings.