Edna’s Self-Pursuit of Absurdity in The Awakening
Abstract
gradual awakening and her subsequent seeking of artistic development and sexual fulfillment outside marriage. Based on the
theories of existentialism, this paper tries to analyze Edna’s self-pursuit and her subsequent life journey from the absurdity of
Edna’s Marriage, Edna’s alienation to her freedom of choice.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v6i12.5123
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