Leonce returns from Klein's, wakes Edna about Raoul, reproaches her, then sleeps while she cries on the porch. What does the incident establish?

After Leonce sends bonbons, the ladies call him 'the best husband in the world.' What does that judgment reveal about him and Grand Isle's code?

Adele Ratignolle's ease with babies and sewing frames her as a 'mother-woman.' What does that incident reveal about Edna by contrast?

The morning after the swim, Edna sends a girl to wake Robert and tells him to hurry to the boat for mass at Cheniere Caminada. What does the impulse reveal?

When Robert abruptly says he is leaving for Mexico, Edna feels reproachful rather than merely surprised. What does the incident reveal about him?

Chopin writes that Leonce looked at Edna 'as one looks at a valuable piece of personal property which has suffered some damage.' What does the sentence do?

Chapter 6 says Edna was 'beginning to realize her position in the universe as a human being.' What does the narration do?

At sunset at Madame Antoine's on Cheniere Caminada, 'The shadows lengthened and crept out like stealthy, grotesque monsters across the grass.' What does the simile accomplish?

'In short, Mrs. Pontellier was not a mother-woman.' How does this narratorial judgment function?

Each summer Robert 'constituted himself the devoted attendant of some fair dame or damsel,' and this year it is Edna. What does that convention let the novel do?

Adele warns Robert that Edna might take his attentions seriously because she is not Creole. What does the warning expose?

Robert jokes within Grand Isle's accepted script, but Edna waits for him and notices his absence. What tension does this create?

At Cheniere Caminada, Edna and Robert move away from the island's group routines. What does that excursion allow?

By chapter 16, Edna asks about Robert's letters and feels his absence. What has happened to the summer convention?

Edna blushes at a book passed openly around and is startled by Creole frankness about childbirth. What does her reaction establish?

Grand Isle's cottages, dining room, beach, and porch keep guests continually visible to one another. What social world does the setting establish?

The 'mother-women' prevail at Grand Isle, and Adele embodies the type. What pressure does this place on Edna?

Mademoiselle Reisz is tolerated at Grand Isle but marked as disagreeable and apart. What does her place in the group show Edna's world has room for?

Edna swims alone, feels exultation, and that night refuses to come indoors when Leonce calls. What does the sequence accomplish?

Chapter 6 names Edna's awakening before the night of the swim. What is the effect of placing that narration there?

At mass on Cheniere Caminada, a feeling of oppression and drowsiness overcomes Edna, and she leaves before the service ends. What does her exit suggest?

Robert's decision to leave for Mexico closes the Grand Isle span's first movement. What structural turn does it create?

Edna tells Adele she would give her money and her life for her children, 'but I wouldn't give myself.' What does the distinction commit her to?

When Leonce orders her inside, Edna says, 'I don't wish to go in, and I don't intend to.' What does the line commit her to?

At Cheniere, Edna asks, 'How many years have I slept?' What reading of her experience does the line commit her to?