Edna makes the reader believe that suicide is her only way out of her confined lifestyle. When actually, Edna is simply unable to realize to how much freedom she really has. The main reason that Edna doesn’t view her rights to flirt, be married, have a social life, and care for her own children; as liberating is because it isn’t was she wants, nor what she is used to. It is shown throughout the novel that Edna is a very selfish character. When Edna states: “I would give up the unessential; I would my money, I would my life for my children, but I wouldn’t give myself.” This shows that one of the few things that have restrained Edna to her lifestyle is her children.
Edna basically presents a theory that the only thing keeping her from escaping her life is her children. She also expresses that she will not give up her strive for independence for anything. Edna feels that her independence and her children are at the same level of importance, although she also believes she can’t have both; her only option is suicide. Based on the era of the novel, her choices were limited.
It is simply unfortunate that Edna wasn’t couldn’t live in the current era. Here she would be able to have it all. She wouldn’t be left with a hard choice between her children and her independence. Although, if Edna still felt as strongly today she would have more options other than suicide. She could possibly just change her identity, stay on the island, and leave her children and old life behind.
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