Irony In Kate Chopin's The Awakening

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In her novel, The Awakening, by Kate Chopin uses irony to portray Robert and Edna. However, in this specific quote she uses situational irony where the audience is aware of what is happening between both characters while the characters themselves don’t. The song “si tu savais” means if you knew which is addressed to Robert from Edna. It is implied that both characters like each other however neither individual know that the other likes them. Chopin slightly mocks them to cause the reader to feel sympathetic for the characters.Their love for each other is also ironic in a sense. Edna’s claim that she loves Robert however she has intimate moments with Alcee and is married to Leonce. Love, by definition is deep affection without rational thinking.

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