Quote 10

"She did not look back now, but went on and on, thinking of the bluegrass meadow that she had traversed when a little child, believing that it had no beginning and no end."

As Mrs. Pontellier has thought about her life and her mistakes, she can't do anything about it anymore. What's done is done and there's nothing that anyone can do about it. When Chopin says that Mrs. Pontellier is "thinking of the bluegrass meadow that she had traversed when a child", this proves that she has spaced out into her own world of when she was a little girl. The detail about a "little girl" shows the reader that she in a way longs to be one again. A little girl is innocent and has pure thoughts and she regrets all she has done. When a child, everyone is given the opportunity to start over and over and over. There comes a point in life where the opportunities start diminishing and those opportunities for Mrs. Pontellier where vanished. She felt no hope anymore and so she just decided to take away with her life.

Quote 9

"As if a magician's wand had touched him, the garland of roses transformed him into a vision of Oriental beauty. His cheeks were the color of crushed grapes, and his dusky eyes glowed with a languishing fire."

At the sight of seeing someone with an exquisite profile, anyone would love to describe it. Chopin's detail's about the "color of crushed grapes" gives an image of a man who is in some way blushing or is just blessed with that special color on his face. Chopin describes him deeply only so the reader can see through the women's eyes the beauty of such a man that captured attention as soon as he walked in. "his dusky eyes glowed" is a contradiction within itself. Dusky means dark almost like a shadow with little light. In the other hand its says his eyes glowed. How can dark eyes glow? Chopin gives the reader a complete mystery to want to figure out how this man stare is. When Chopin uses "a magician's wand", this makes the audience dare to believe that a miracle occurred to this man. As I was reading, I strongly believe that this man use to not have this astounding look only until that night.

Quote 8

"It was the first kiss of her life to which her nature had really responded. It was a flaming torch that kindled desire."

A kiss can be a special experience when doing so with the person you wish to do it with. Chopin says a lot with this quote about Mrs. Pontellier's life. This quote proves that her husband was not satisfying her and wasn't good at making sparks between his wife and himself. Since this was her "first kiss" that "her nature had really responded" to, Mrs. Pontellier hadn't really felt passion or the fervor that this kiss had brought unto her. The usage of figurative language is clear since Mrs. Pontellier "was a flaming torch that kindled desire." In other words Mrs. Pontellier was very much aroused by the kiss she was experiencing.

Quote 7

" 'I'm jealous of your thoughts tonight. They're making you a little kinder than usual, but some way I feel as if they were wandering, as if they were not here with me.' "

My mind wonders off all the time. I have a bad habit of doing that while someone is talking to me. Wondering, to me, happens when I miss someone, when I'm stressed, or when I'm just spaced out thinking about my life. I can't help but to do so because I have a billion thoughts roaming around in my mind. When I wonder, I am sorting out my thoughts like when an intern has to sort files into a drawer. In my mind I am putting everything where I best think it should go. Chopin uses "jealous" only to let the reader see that Arobin has some type of interest in Mrs. Pontellier. This also helps describe the Edna Pontellier character. This quote describes that Mrs. Pontellier isn't open with her thoughts and is conservative. Since it's used in this manner, Mrs. Pontellier gives the attention all to her because of her silence. She clearly is concentrating and thinking about something that is capturing all her attention. More along after the quote Mrs. Pontellier answers to this mysterious silence of her by kissing with him.

Quote 6

"She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves. They had never taken the form of struggles. They belonged to her and were her own, and she entertained the conviction that she had a right to them and that they concerned no one but herself."

Mrs. Pontellier was finding the power of having hidden feelings and now knows that it's no one's concern what she has inside. As I was growing up, I was learning the same thing. A child isn't afraid of speaking there mind, yet a child's feelings are hurt immediately. In the course of growing up, one learns to not care what other people think and this builds a core. This core helps to strengthen and construct a safe mind when bad comments approach. Everyone in the world gets a comment no one wants to hear. The authors intent was to show the reader that the character Mrs. Pontellier went from a defenseless type of woman to a woman full of courage and determination. The courage she found within herself only to fulfill desires and needs she had been desperately seeking. Chopin's tone in this quote is mixture of reminiscing yet contentment. Mrs. Pontellier reminisces on her old way of living but then she is extremely content with her life.

Quote 5

"The letter was on the bookshelf. It possessed the greatest interest and attraction for Edna; the envelope, its size and shape, the post-mark, the handwriting. She examined every detail of the outside before opening it."

Curiosity is one adjective that all human beings share. When I was a little girl any small thing captured my attention. Now that I'm older I still have the same curiosity and maybe even 100% more. Being curious doesn't always come in handy when you've discovered something that your eyes were not ever suppose to see. When I see my sister doing something she has never done, I become suspicious. I start to investigate more and more until I find out what my sister is up to.

Quote 4

"She wondered why Robert had gone away and left her. It did not occur to her to think he might have grown tired of being with her the livelong day. . . She regretted that he had gone."


When a woman is married, she has the longing feeling of always having her husband near her. That's exactly what's happening with Mrs. Pontellier since Mr. Pontellier has left for a while. I, in the other hand have no husband, have seen how couples get when they aren't near each other. It's a mutual feeling they get since they are connected under God when they gave their lives to one another. When my mom went to see her mother in South America, my dad was going crazy without her. They do everything together that when they aren't together they feel extremely distant. My father missed her so much that he gave her a surprise visit. Once a couple is together they can't seem to be away from each other.

-these are my parents-