Figurative Language In The Awakening

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The Awakening by Kate Chopin is a story illustrating the life of a woman in the south during the turn of the 20th century. Edna Pontellier is a non mother-woman who is on a journey of self discovery. At the start of the story, Edna is the wife of a businessman in Louisiana and a mother. They went on vacation at Grand isle, while they were there she met a man name Robert Lebrun. She had a romantic relationship with him and during this she realizes that her marriage is not going great and that she wasn’t happy. So when her family came back from vacation, she made many big decisions to try to help her be happy. In doing this, Chopin uses many symbols, figurative language, and imagery to show her journey. In this story symbolism stood out the most to me. One of the main symbols I think is the green and yellow parrot at the beginning of the story. In the story it said, “A green and yellow parrot, …show more content…
The last symbol is pigeon house. It represent her finally having freedom. In
Gatta 2 story it said, “The pigeon house pleased her. It at once assumed the intimate character of a home, while she herself invested it with a charm which it reflected like a warm glow” (90). These are examples of symbolism Chopin use. Next is figurative language. Chopin use metaphor, personification, and simile. An example of metaphor is, “Meanwhile Robert, addressing Mrs. Pontellier, continued to tell of his one time hopeless passion for Madame Ratigonelle, of sleepless nights, of consuming flames till the very sea sizzled when he took his daily plunge" (75). An example of personification is, “The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation" (13). Now is an example of simile is, “You were always there under my feet, like a troublesome cat" (10). This is how figurative language was used in the