Connections
Literary: The ideal of beauty often dominates literature. The mythology of Aphrodite/Venus as the goddess of love also builds through the archetype of unfaithful wife and the consequences of her actions.
Novel: In The Awakening, Edna, the main character arrives from the sea (after a swim) and at the end of the novel, returns to the sea. Edna's marriage with Leonce Pontellier, provides social commentary on the status of women at the turn of the 20th century. Additionally, Edna's affairs, emotional at first with Robert Lebrun, and more physical with Alcee Arobin, also reflects a misguided approach to love, which Chopin presents to the reader for their own judgment of Edna's decision-making. Additionally, Aphrodite/Venus represents the creative forces. which may be viewed in terms of Chopin's development of Edna's artistic pursuits.
Audience: The mythology provides ample opportunities for the audience to inspect their own views about romantic love, beauty, and the idea of balance between the masculine and the feminine, which are still given a modern context, Men are from Mars, Women from Venus, as an explanation of the differences between men and women.
Novel: In The Awakening, Edna, the main character arrives from the sea (after a swim) and at the end of the novel, returns to the sea. Edna's marriage with Leonce Pontellier, provides social commentary on the status of women at the turn of the 20th century. Additionally, Edna's affairs, emotional at first with Robert Lebrun, and more physical with Alcee Arobin, also reflects a misguided approach to love, which Chopin presents to the reader for their own judgment of Edna's decision-making. Additionally, Aphrodite/Venus represents the creative forces. which may be viewed in terms of Chopin's development of Edna's artistic pursuits.
Audience: The mythology provides ample opportunities for the audience to inspect their own views about romantic love, beauty, and the idea of balance between the masculine and the feminine, which are still given a modern context, Men are from Mars, Women from Venus, as an explanation of the differences between men and women.