nd even to some females. Even if it were not on their conscious mind, deep down in their subconscious they feared that one of their own, a respectable member such as Edna, could start a revolution for women across the board in the high Creole society. Such a revolution could tear apart the world they held dear, by their own definition: it made them better than everyone else. Not only did the men, but even the women shared such disapprovals. Women, such as Madame Ratignolle, viewed their position as proper and were happy with their system of community. Such women did not have to work, they just organized the house and helped care for the children. A womens personal [life] center[ed] around home, husband, and children (qtd. in Nickerson). Today, these women would be considered almost lazy (at the least being unproductive), but in their society it was looked at being refined. These women basically knew of their stations in society and of their subordinations to men, they just dealt with it as being part of womanhood; most women seemed content with this.As Mr. Pontellier explained to Edna, I should think youd understand by this time that people dont do such things; weve got to observe less conveniences if we ever expect to get on and keep up with the procession (Chopin 49). When Mr. Pontellier infers that weve got to observe less conveniences he is actually inferring that Edna should observe less conveniences. Keeping up with procession is also his polite way of saying that she should give up and be like other subordinate women of their society, so that they, both Edna and her husband, may fit into society. On the other side of the spectrum, Madame Ratignolle viewed herself as a mother woman and inferred Edna to do the same. Madame Ratignolle was also covertly inferring that a mother woman also has her place. With this advice, Edna still considered herself as not [being] a mother woman (Chopin 10). Such information from the Vi...
