Here are the questions that were on the board today in class:
1. Discuss Edna's preoccupation with Robert.
2. What do you think Edna's inability to swim symbolizes and Robert's inability to teach her?
3. Describe the sexual tension that has occurred so far?
4. Sum up Edna's "inner struggle" and locate a quote that exemplifies this.
Mrs. Thomas,
ReplyDeleteSince I was at Youth in Government here is my response to the questions.
1. Edna is preoccupied with Robert because he gives her a sense of freedom that she has not felt in her marriage. Being in Robert's presence gives her an opportunity to act young at heart.
2. Edna's inability to swim could represent how Edna is not willing to go with the flow of life and Robert cannot teach her this concept.
3. There is some sexual tension between Robert and Edna because Edna is married yet longs for affection with Robert.
4. There is an inner struggle between what Edna feels in her heart and how she is expected to act in society. This is evident when she says, "I have a “dual life—the outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.”