Literary Analysis The Awakening by Kate Chopin

What is an ideal woman? Does the ideal woman change by decades, centuries or millenniums? Yes, in the 19th century, a woman needed to have certain qualities in order to be considered "ideal". Although some of these qualities have changed over a period, some have remained the same. In the 19th century Creole society, a quality associated with the ideal woman, included being a "mother-woman". This trait characterized a home-loving, child-adoring, and husband-worshipping lady. The Creole society had set-beliefs about how a woman should conduct herself. In The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Edna Po…