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Awakening Eyes

Dyer 51). Despite the fact that her race track winnings are very sufficient, she turns to her artistic ability to make additional income. Dyer explains how Edna commences her artistic life as a dabbler but soon begins to think of painting as her worka very unconventional notion for a nineteenth century woman to adopt (85). Leonce had restricted her from pursuing an artistic career while Arobin models for her, offering her more independence. Mademoiselle, a friend, tells Edna that to survive as an artist, she must be courageous and have a brave soul. The soul that dares and defies (Chopin 106). Edna strives to succeed, but Leonce puts her down. He does not see a need for her to retreat from domestic activity and go to a private place to do her work (Dyer 87). This statement is very hypocritical because Leonce fails to recognize the irony of having, and needing, his own private retreat from domestic activity and demands while scolding his wife for needing hers (Dyer 87). By having restrictions over her desires, his actions make Edna work harder to become self-reliant. While dramatically encouraged by Arobin, Edna remains timid because of the denial of freedom experienced in her marriage to Leonce, which restrains her from comfortably seeking her liberation. Similarly, Janie attempts to become more independent in her second marriage to Joe, but she finds that this relationship affords her less freedom than anticipated. Joe only offers Janie an escape from her loveless marriage (Wall 385). He represents her aspirations for a future that will allow her to move away and change her life. Seeking adventure, she leaves Logan to explore a new world with Joe. Although he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees, but he spoke for far horizon. He spoke for change and chance, which Janie hoped would lead to self-sufficiency (Hurston 28). Talking of exotic places and living a life Janie only thought imaginable, Joe urges...

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