

Kate Chopin uses Creole Society in the 1890s as a basis for her novel and expresses it through Creole women, personal relationships, and etiquette. Throughout the novel she is faced with unfavorable circumstances which confuse and eventually kill her.


This situation causes her to go through a series of awakenings that help her find herself, but this also causes problems with her husband because she loses respect for him and the society she lives in. As a result of her isolation from society she has to learn to fit in and deal with her problems. In this novel Edna Pontellier faces many problems because she is an outcast from society. In The Awakening, Kate Chopin brings out the essence of through the characters of her novel. The Relationship of The Awakening and Creole Society
