The Awakening: A motif

Now that you have finished reading Kate Chopin's novel, The Awakening, you should now reflect on the various motifs that permeate the story in order to advance the overall theme of the work.  A motif is a recurring subject or theme, especially in a literary work. It is a distinctive and recurring form, shape, symbol, or figure in a design.  It is a dominant idea or feature in that literary work.  You should develop one motif by supporting with at least three quotations from the novel, and show how that motif advances the understanding or interpretation of the novel.

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