The Awakening: Chopin Glorifying Edna's Fatal Situation The title, The Awakening, implies that a rebirth from a stupor into self- awareness is something good. One would expect that someone who was once sleeping is better off and can see more clearly when he is fully awake. But this expectation is exactly opposite to Edna's condition. She is not awake. She is eventually drawn by the sea and drowns herself. She was deceived. Edna fails to see that the connection of a mother to her children is far more important than the enjoyment of a passion which experience has taught her. By the titl