VLOG!!

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Vlog Prep?

Hi guys

Are we going to be doing anything that needs prep for our vlog? Was there any scenes people wanted to re-enact?

Divorcing in the late 1800's (investigator job)

In Edna's time, divorce was all but impossible. So Edna and Leonce could not have divorced (unfortuanetly). In the 1890's, the whole USA only had around 5000 divorces. I think that as women got more rights, they got to choose their husbands for love, not money and status. And if it didn't work out, then they could leave the marriage. Divorce was considered unholy. THere were groups that were dedicated to preventing people from getting out of their bad marriages.

¡No wonder Edna didn't divorce the lion!

Unsocial Awkward Edna

"Alcee Arobin wrote Edna an elaborate note of apology, palpitant with sincerity. It embarrassed her; for in a cooler, quieter moment it appeared to her absurd that she could have taken his action so seriously, so dramatically."

(Alcee is her second lover to replace Robert) it's so weird that they're like loves and then he sends her this formal apology, kind of like the lion saving appearances, they're so proper yet rude and stiff.

Confusing Quote

“I am not going to be forced into doing things. I don’t want to go abroad. I want to be let alone. Nobody has any right – except children perhaps – and even then, it seems to me – or it did seem” –Edna, 170-171

I was wondering what Edna means by this. Her speech gets a little mangled at the end, but she seems to be on to an interesting point. I think what she must have been trying to say is either "children are the only ones who have rights," because of all the men-women gender stereotypes (but even then, stereotypes were placed on children based on their gender, so...) Or maybe she is trying to say that "no one has any right to make me do anything, except children, but then again, maybe not." What do you guys make of this confusing quote?

Gender makes a difference in ednas time

I was editing my essay, and found myself wondering why does gender make such a huge impact on the lives of Chopin's characters. I mean, obviously, it's not like men are stronger in will than women (hem, hem, edna).

I think that it might be that the men are making a living for their families, and they feel that the women are clueless when it comes to jobs and supporting themselves.

Also, maybe it could be because waaaaaaaaaaaay back in the day, men would go and hunt animals and the women would take care of the kids, making it seem like the men were dominant and more powerful.

Thoughts anyone?

Saved Appearances & more on Edna-Rat relationship

On pg 144 Mr. Pontellier is "saving appearances" by having his house redone so his wife can quietly slip away to her "pigeon" house, their family is so sad and broken, Mr Pontellier is off working keeping social connections (we were showed this was important to him when he freaked over her being out on tuesday) while Edna is having affairs and committing suicide, and their children are staying off on a farm which bring us to

"In some way you seem to me like a child, Edna. You seem to act without a certain amount of reflection which is necessary in this life..." Their relationship has so many levels, they're friends, but they tell men not to go after the other, they admire the other's artistic work but they call each other's parenting skills incompetent, it very strange.