Mrs. Pontellier's Desires (Music)

  Ohh... wait, that sounds wrong, please dont be diry-minded and take this post seriously. It seems that Mrs. Pontellier has many ways to express her inner desires, as she goes to listen to Madmoiselle Reisz´s piano music there are two things that happen that are important. The first one is Madmoiselle Reisz claim that Edna (Pontellier) is the only woman who deserves to listen to her music. This shows how Mrs. Pontellier is not the only woman who thinks different as Reisz clearly values her differenciation from other women.
  The second thing is Mrs. P´s reaction when the music is played. The narrator describes the experience as breath taking "she was choking" overwhelming "the tears blinded her".

  Pontelliers reaction is not the strange part here, but is rather the images she saw in her mind, "She saw no pictures of solitude, (...) but the very passions themselves." This amazing reaction shows how Mrs. pontellier is different from other women and how her passions flourish with the things that inspire her.

(All qoutes were taken from the following online version of the book as I left my copy home.)

http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/chopin/Awakening6x9.pdf 

Listen while reading...