inally did return, his love for Edna was apparent and he wished to be married to her. Once again she felt trapped, not wishing to become "property" to a man. You have been a very, very foolish boy, wasting your time dreaming of impossible things when you speak of Mr. Pontellier setting me free! I am no longer one of Mr. Pontellier’s possessions to dispose of or not. I give myself where I choose. If he were to say, “Here Robert, take her and be happy; she is yours,” I should laugh at you both (Chopin 107)She just wanted to be with him and love him without having to give up her independence. When she left to assist her friend in her childbearing, she bid him to stay and wait for her. Alas, when she returned he was gone, in his place was a letter. He stated his love for her and his inability to keep interfering with herlife and her duties to her husband and children. That was the end of Edna Pontellier. Edna feels alone, with no one who would understand to confide into. Rather than be forced to live in such a world of tyranny and succumb once again to the mechanical lifestyle she had lived for so long, she chooses death. In death, there are no expectations, no one to impress or be "proper" for, and most importantly she has no one to answer to, except herself. It is all these aspects of the plot, in the story, that make it enticing. It was so rare for a woman to feel this way back in those days. Edna is truly an admirable character. Her fight for independence against a social world that shows no mercy was a courageous task to try and accomplish. She tried hard andeven though she failed, it is her strength in which she fought that captured the hearts of the readers. Her struggle and fight in the plot is inspirational and makes a person realize just lucky they are to be able to speak their minds and do as they wish. It also contains a fresh touch of reality with its shocking ending, leaving you with the sli...
