Awakening Blog 4

I am beginning to see a pretty large difference between Robert and Edna. If Edna could have it her way, I feel like without saying anything to anyone she would run away with Robert and never speak to anyone from the past. Her desires and wants are so present within her that she is willing to just fulfill them all immediately! However, we can see that when Robert spontaneously left to Mexico, his manner is completely different. He tries to stay polite and short and still be the “man he is supposed to be.” Robert simply just has feelings for Edna, but cannot show them. He is not necessarily trying to break out of his society norm like Edna is. Edna is willing to cross those boundaries. She grabs his hand and asks him to write to her, saying this with complete passion. He left, for no specific reason yet, but maybe because he knew it was going too far. Yet she was willing to carry this romance on farther and father. They certainly both want one another, but they are different in how they handle it.