The End Reward In Kate Chopin's The Awakening

When you play with someone’s feelings, the end result can have a bad chain reaction. In the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin Edna decides that she is going to cheat on her husband with a man named Robert, the consequences are greater then she might have expected. As the novel goes on, the reader gets to see that Edna is risking everything that she has for Robert. But the big question is the end result going to be worth it? Edna cheats on her husband but when her husband does not give her the attention she desires, She seeks it from someone who will give her the attention she desires.
Edna is a woman that has overcome many obstacles in her lifetime, but when she decides that she needs more than just her husband in her life, Edna’s life will

change forever. “ She gazed away toward Grande Terre and thought she would like to alone there with Robert, in the sun, listening to the oceans roar and watching the slimy lizards writhe in and out among the ruins of the old fort (pg 34).” This shows that Edna wants to be alone with Robert. Edna did not want anyone to be with them not even her husband. This is the first time the author really shows that Edna has feeling for Robert. Edna found herself attracted to Robert because of the attention that Robert would give to her. Mr.Pontellier would not give Edna the attention that she wanted. “ He yawned and stretched himself. Then he got up, saying he has half a mind to go over to Klein’s hotel and play a game of billiards (pg 3).” This shows that when Edna was trying to tell her husband something he had no interest in hearing what Edna had to say.
Mr.Pontellier starts to become distant from Edna in the middle of the book the first example of Mr.Pontellier is when he tells Edna not to go fixture shopping with him. “Mr.Pontellier, upon leaving for his office, asked Edna if she would not meet him in town in order to look at some new fixtures for the library (pg.53).”This shows how Mr.Pontellier wants to start doing things by himself and does not want to take Edna with him to go shopping. This is giving Edna a sign the her husband does not want to spend as much time together as they normally would. Edna feels like Robert it the light that she needs. Robert is Edna’s comfort she depends on him to give her everything that her husband does not give her. “ Robert’s going had some way taken the brightness, the color, the meaning out of everything. The conditions of her life were in no way changed, but her whole existence was dulled, like a faded garment which seems to no longer be worth wearing (pg 46).” This shows that Robert was more than just a friend to Edna he was her light and he showed her the ways to life. When Robert left she felt dull and lonely and had no idea what to do anymore.
Edna grew such a large attachment to Robert by the end of The Awakening that she actually tells Robert that she will leave her husband. Edna wants to leave her husband for Robert so she is able to satisfy her needs.