“She thought of Leonce and the children. They were a part of her life. But they need not have thought that they could posses her, body and soul.” Page 124
This quote is significant because it is in the very end of the book, and it is Edna saying goodbye to her family in her head, but she is also reiterating to them that she is not theirs, it’s sort of a bitter-sweet goodbye for them, if they could have heard it. The main message of the book is presented here again; she is defining herself and leaving the earth knowing that she is her own. Some people argue that she was just crazy to have drowned herself, but she was ready to leave. She had fulfilled her life’s purpose, she had found herself, and that is all she needed to do.
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