Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening is based on the inner journey of the central character Edna Pontellier. Edna Pontellier is presented by Chopin as a woman whose beliefs regarding motherhood and femininity appear to run counter to prevailing social conventions and norms. The plot reveals Edna's inner journey as she evolves from being a woman confined and limited by social expectations to an individual who is intimately in touch with her most basic desires and aspirations. The passage under consideration thus marks the end of Edna's journey of self-discovery, as she returns to the same location on Grand Isle where she began her journey, and illustrates the unexpected climax of Edna's tragic journey in figurative language that touches multiple aspects of life. his journey. The thing that must be noted is that this passage occurs at a very important moment in the novel, when the plot of the novel has come full circle. The readers, who had accompanied Edna on her sad and lonely journey, finally find her totally in touch with those aspects of her personality, which she had long suppressed with the demands of motherhood and marital obligations. The passage does full justice to this moment by giving voice to the emotional intensity, sense of ambiguity, and vagueness of the beliefs Edna faces. This represents a moment marked by a subtle sort of fatal resolve as “Edna did not look back (Chopin 160),” contrary to the “feeling of exultation (Chopin 36)” that overtook her at a similar moment in her past. It must be said that the sense of achievement that Edna has at this moment in her life is contrary to any possibility of social recognition and acceptance. Hence the dilemma Edna faces right now... middle of paper... ...And liberating. The piece repeatedly touches on images and ideas related to Edna's past when "as a child she had lived her little life all within herself (Chopin 89)", to her current state when she goes deep "thinking of the bluegrass meadow she had crossed since little girl (Chopin 160)”, bringing out the two realities that have marked Edna's life, and the definitive fall of this sense of duality in a moment of intense self-realization. The appearance of various references such as "Mademoiselle Reisz" or "DoctorMandelet" with historical and cultural implications in the plot increases the overall significance of the passage. Chopin not only masterfully uses this passage to bring out the importance of the moment it marks, but uses a very figurative and symbolic language to leave his overall interpretation open and inconclusive.