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…showed last 75 words of 421 total…a completely new life contradicting her old one. From the oppressing view, she learns the value of her final direction of free will. In the end, the two conflicting directions of coercion and independence illustrated a meaning in the novel, The Awakening. The male domineering life of woman at that era made them realize the importance of freedom. From their awareness came a social awakening of women to overcome the patriarchal and self absorbed society.