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Was isolation the key to a woman’s independence in the 19th Century? Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, presents women as helpless creatures who are subject to all means besides personal beliefs. The main character, Edna Pontellier, strives to find the self-independence that she deems necessary. Through many attempts of evolution, Edna finds the worst to be her escape. Edna’s suicide is the last, and perhaps best, choice she makes for herself. The …

…concluding that Edna’s choice is best prepared for the time. Society will not accept her if she abandons her husband and children, nor will they accept her if she commits suicide. Although Edna tries many paths, many different choices to avoid drastic obstacles in order to gain independence, freedom and independence will never have the approval of society. Thus, suicide is the only way out, in order to avoid society and standards in whole.