The Awakening | Chapters 5 and 6 Summary and Analysis

Summary
In Chapter V, Adele continues to sew, while Edna and Robert sit idle, exchanging occasional words and glances that suggest intimacy. Every summer Robert devotes himself to one woman, and this summer it is Edna. The summer before it was Adele, and they joked a bit about it as Robert described his passion to Edna. It was understood that his words of love were not to be taken seriously. Edna is glad Robert does not speak that way to her.

Edna has her sketchbook with her and begins to draw Adele. Robert praises the work, but Edna crumples it up...


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