Madame lebrun s parrot and mockingbird represent edna and madame reisz respectively. In flight they soar above earthly rules and inhibitions.
In the awakening caged birds serve as reminders of edna s entrapment and also of the entrapment of victorian women in general.
A bird with a broken wing the awakening. As in many romantic works of the 19th century birds in the awakening are symbols of freedom and imagination. They observe the world from a cool distance like passengers on a plane watching abstract squares of farmland. As edna goes back to the place where she had begun her awakening she walks to the beach and sees a bird who is hurt.
Her heart is broken and soul discouraged as she realizes she will never fully discover love and life 722. Like the birds the women s movements are limited by society and they are unable to communicate with the world around them. Injured birds whether wild or domestic feel much better when they are wrapped up in something protective like a towel.
Try to protect the injured wing when you wrap the bird in the towel. A bird with a broken wing was beating the air above reeling fluttering circling disabled down down to the water and edna has become like this bird. It will help the bird stay calm and it will also keep the bird from moving more and hurting itself.
All along the white beach up and down there was no living thing in sight. A bird with a broken wing was beating the air above reeling fluttering circling disabled down down. Wrap the bird in a towel.
A bird with a broken wing was beating the air above reeling fluttering circling disabled down down to the water.
