Use of Imagery in Chopin’s The Awakening Essay -- Chopin Awakening

Use of Imagery in Chopins The AwakeningSeveral transits in The Awakening struck me because of their similar calculaterya bird, wings, and nudity. The first passage I looked at is in Chapter 9 where Edna Pontellier has a vision of a naked man stand beside a desolate rock (47) on a beach who is watching a bird fly away. This image was evoked by a one particular component that Mme Ratignolle plays which Edna importantly calls Solitude. Apparently Edna frequently envisions certain images while listening to music musical comedy strains, well rendered, had a way of evoking pictures in her mind (47). Listening to this piece Edna envisions a solitary, naked man with an attitude of hopeless resignation (47). This circumstance presents solitude in many different ways. The figure standing altogether and naked near the desolate rock illustrates the mood of solitude and resignation. I was reminded of that scene at the end of the novel in chapter 39 where we puzzle a description of a ver y similar situation. Now it is Edna Pontellier herself standing alone on the beach at Grand Isle. She takes ...