ly explained to Edna why he had left for Mexico and also why he didn't write to her, thinking that that would make things better and they would both understand that they just could not be together. Instead it just made their feelings for each other even stronger and they even joked about how Leonce would be fine if they ran off with each other. When Robert left his note on the lamplight saying, "I love you. Good-by - because I love you," it made Edna think about her situation in life even more (148). Back in Grand Isle, Edna came to the conclusion that made her think that there is nothing more to live for. "There was no one thing in the world that she desired. There was no human being whom she wanted near her except Robert; and she even realized that the day would come when he, too, and the thought of him would melt out of her existence, leaving her alone," (151). She realized that she could not live with out Robert because she could not deny her love for him. She also could not live with him because, if she did, her life would have been destroyed and everything that she knew would have crumbled around her. She would have been outcast from the society and would never be able to see her children again. Taking her life would be the best option for her in her situation, she concluded, and proceeded to walk defiantly towards the ocean with no fears in the world. Some people might argue, however, that Leonce, Edna's husband, was the one who caused Edna to kill herself, not Robert. Leonce treated his wife like she was a prize to show off to all of his peers. When she came from the beach with a sun burn, he looked at her as "one looks at a valuable piece of personal property which has suffered some damage," (3). Because of the way that he treated her, she realized that she was not living the life that she wanted or should be living. Like almost everyone else, Leonce also did not think that anything would come out of Robert's flir...
