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The Awakening
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Kate Chopin
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Themes: Individuality Versus Convention
Themes: Action Versus Reflection
Themes: Overview
Themes: Flesh vs. Spirit
Themes: Freedom
Themes: Sexism
Themes: Search for Self
Themes: Choices and Consequences: Free Will
Themes: Sex
Themes: Alienation and Loneliness
Themes: Public vs. Private Life
Themes: Societal Expectations
Themes: Gender Roles
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Edna Pontellier
Leonce Pontellier
Robert Lebrun
Mademoiselle Reisz
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Chapter 6
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Edna Pontellier
Robert Lebrun
Leonce Pontellier
Adèle Ratignolle
Alcée Arobin
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