Victorian Women

As we learned about the stereotypical Victorian woman, or "Angel in the House", I realized one thing; I would personally go insane in this time period. The women had to be perfect and unselfish and quite honestly the worst part for me would be wearing the corset all the time. I have worn a corset before, and  the style itself is beautiful and amazing, but it does hurt after awhile. Feeling weak from lack of oxygen would not work out in my favor. Because I personally have such beliefs that are against Victorian ways, it is to be expected that throughout the novel The Awakening, I will be more inclined to agree with Edna Pontellier. She does not like the ways of society and she is unhappy with the lifestyle of being a mother-wife, this controversial belief makes Edna exactly what the people of her time do not want. She would be the equivalent of a black sheep amongst a flock of white sheep. There is something different about her. It seems really interesting to me that in our society  we praise individuality, and yet, Kate Chopin was chastised for her writings.