I think it’s because I resonated with the main character and her struggle. It’s one I’ve struggled with my entire life. You grow up thinking certain things about the world, and if all goes according to plan, you never have to question those beliefs.
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Intriguing. So you put yourself in her shoes, while I put myself in the shoes of her kids. Have you looked into Lou Salome? She went beyond more of these constraints and boundaries than anyone else I've encountered.
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I thought it was a tragedy that she abandoned her kids. I don’t admire Edna for that. I admire her courage and her willingness to pursue her ideas, even at the cost of other people and society.
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Because that’s the cost a person must pay to go against society. It’s something like abandoning your children. You abandon your relationships, you become an outcast. You no longer fit in.
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Thanks, great analysis. It's a choice to become the extreme insider/outsider as Thiel would put it.
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I haven’t heard Thiel talk about that before. _ And you know, it’s not like I don’t know about all the destruction Edna caused. I see it.
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But I like that about the book. I like the tragedy and the suicide. Because real life is the same way. There’s no hero, no enlightening of the world. Just an awakening and the burdens it brings with it. It’s a question of what’s the price you’re willing to pay in this world.
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Do you own yourself or do you become a part of what others have outlined for you? And there’s some merit in the latter. There’s some merit in sticking with the family, with the ideas of others. But you lose your soul. You lose yourself.
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And that was the choice Edna was willing to make. She was willing to pay the steep cost of owning her soul. And it’s not a pretty payment. It’s not even a morally acceptable one. Even today, readers find her actions detestable. But that’s what it takes to be free.
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Now you really make me want to revisit the book and do a mimetic desire analysis on it! I'm not quite certain that she completely escaped mimesis though.
@Ahimsa_Satya_@BrunoPerennou Are you familiar with The Awakening by Kate Chopin?3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
I am not but I am intrigued... the way he describes the character it reminds me of Holderlin. Separating himself from society and everyone called him insane.
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