These are questions for the book "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin. They

Question

These are questions for the book "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin. They

regard the chapters 9 and 10. I don't need one sentence responses, I need someone to explain it to me.

Chapter 9
1. Why are so many husbands and fathers present at Grand Isle?

2. Mademoiselle Reisz is introduced as a character. Why? How does she contribute to the story?
3. What adjectives might we use to describe her role in society?
4. In the past, what image has been evoked in Edna's mind by a certain musical passage? How is this a contrast to Edna's life up to this point?
5. What is Edna's response to the music of Mademoiselle Reisz? How is this related to the "awakening" theme in the novel?
6. What mythical or literary allusions are referenced? Why?
7. How do "those others" view Mlle. Reisz? Why does she only notice Edna?
Chapter 10
1. What realization does Edna come to as she walks to the water with her husband by her side?
2. How are images of sound and smell used as a backdrop to this scene?
3. How does Edna respond to swimming successfully for the first time? What simile is used?
4. What symbolism is present here?
5. Why does Edna swim back to shore? How has she changed?
6. In what way does Edna and Robert's behavior towards one another change at the end of this chapter? Why is this?

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