Question

Read the excerpt of Frances Porcher's review from The Mirror, May 1899. It absorbs and interests, then makes one wonder, for the moment, with a little sick feeling, if all women are like the one, and that isn't a pleasant reflection after you have taken in this character study whose "awakening" gives title to Mrs. Chopin's novel. What is Porcher's response to Chopin's writing?

Answer 1

The answer is: Porcher criticizes Chopin's main character.

According to the excerpt from the Mirror, American writer Frances Porcher makes a negative interpretation of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" and speculates with disgust what would happen if all women were like the main character Edna Pontellier. In that respect, Edna wishes to liberate from social expectations as a mother and wife so that she can live an independent life and romantic relationship with Robert.