Question

Why does Chopin build a realist novel around a protagonist who cheats on her husband, leaves her children, and ultimately takes her life rather than submit to her prescribed social roles? Question 9 options: a) None of the answers are correct. b) To warn female readers against making Edna's mistakes c) To emphasize the importance of traditional values and customs d) To demonstrate the daily struggles of ordinary women.

Answer 1

This question is about the book "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

Answer:

d) To demonstrate the daily struggles of ordinary women.

Step-by-step explanation:

In "The Awakening," Chopin shows the difficulties that women faced in the midst of a patriarchal society with very strict roles for women, which demanded that they suppress their desires and dreams and sacrifice their own identity in the name of family happiness .

The author expresses this so deeply in the book, that when Mrs. Ponteiller finds herself in a situation disapproved by the customs of the society in which she lives, she prefers to take her own life as a way to keep her will untouched.