Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one’s life.”
As Edna chooses to abandon her fictitious self upon leaving Grand Isle, she swallows the hard-pill of what is like being an independent woman amidst the strict New Orleans patriarchal society.
“Chopin offers a compelling portrait of female experience, one of the first of its kind.” —Sarah Churchwell, professor at University of London