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…showed last 75 words of 1090 total…her being reborn through her dying. In the end Edna is naked as she came into the world. Edna in dying is taking the ultimate control of her life; in the only way she can during a time when males ruled society. Edna would never let her beliefs be compromised in the end for any reason. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Chopin, Kate. The Awakening and other stories. Ed. Lewis Lear. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc, 1970.