The protagonist in The Awakening by Kate Chopin is the character Edna Pontellier. She is a tall, attractive twenty-eight year old woman with yellowish brown hair that almost matches the color of her eyes. Her thick eyebrows, a shade darker than her hair, emphasize the depth of her eyes. Her face contains a certain "frankness of expression" that makes her face captivating and her manner engaging. Edna had been a romantic since she was young. She would easily become infatuated with a man. Even after marrying Leonce, her dreams of romance and passion still exist. However, assuming responsibility as a wife and mother, she keeps these dreams hidden and becomes a respectable woman of the late 1800s.

Then, her personality alters as she finds a new motivation after spending the summer at Grand Isle. The people and experiences Edna comes in contact with on Grand Isle stimulate her...