Mr. Pontellier seems like the perfect husband to every one else. He sends his family chocolates and gifts, and gives his wife money, he takes care of everyone and feeds them also. Just like the perfect husband, there is also a perfect wife.
In the book, Adele Ratignolle is described as one. She is a lady full of charms, with blonde hair and blue eyes, and really red lips. Every movements and gestures are made with grace. Every movement she makes is careful and calculated. She is always watching out for what might be needed.
As her opposite, there is Mrs. Pontellier, and altough she is a good wife, there are certain things she does that make her really different from Adele. Edna understands Adele’s charms and just like she admires them she wouldn’t want to acquire them. The new Edna, focuses more on the present, she is not worrying about the things her sons will need for the winter if it is summer. Adele takes things slowly and does things as time advances. It’s all about becoming a happy individual, instead of being absorbed by the level of pressure and rush of the society, she sets a pace that will suit her and the things she has to do.
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