Edna’s retreat and safe haven from society! How lovely, quaint and simple it is; truly a small luxury of privacy. How this house inspired me when I was trying to create Edna’s escape and home! Edna rejects the life of Leoncé and his fine, rich things for the simpler life that is all her own. She is establishing herself as her own woman and person, a separate entity from the shadow of her husband. By ridding herself of the possessions of Leoncé she can begin to define her own course in life. She is shedding one of the many layers of her former life so that she can begin anew. Maybe she will soar high now after she has left the suffocating power of society towards women. Her awakening sets her on the course for such humble beginnings: a small house, a few possessions, but also a lover that is everything she has ever wanted. Materially, she is not rich when she leaves but emotionally she has found her soul mate.




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