Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Awakening Chapter 1
- Mr. & Mrs. Pontellier
- Appear to have some sort of familiarity
- Edna holds out her hands & her husband immediately puts the ring in her hand
- The relationship between them is not all that great
- Mr. Pontelier is not worried about the sunburn on his wife
- "looking at his wife as one looks at a valuable piece of personal property which has suffered some damage."
- They have the ability to communicate without words
- Class & Race
- A quadroon (person of one-quarter African descent) tends to Edna's children
- The quadroon is not named nor does she speak
- "A quadroon nurse followed them about with a faraway, meditative air."
- Edna Pontellier & Robert
- Platonic male friend of Edna who stays close to her
- Mr. Pontellier does not mind Robert being so close to her
- Robert denies Mr. Pontellier's invitation & stays to talk with Edna