After revealing that she'd skipped out on her Tuesday reception day, this character tears up a handkerchief, smashes a vase, and stamps on her (*) wedding ring.
This character watches the "turf event of the season" at the Jockey Club on an invitation from Mrs. Highcamp and angers her father by refusing to attend her sister Janet's wedding. She becomes nostalgic by singing the song "Ah! si tu savais" while painting and, for a time, moves off of Esplanade Street and into a small bungalow. After revealing that she'd skipped out on her Tuesday reception day, this character tears up a handkerchief, smashes a vase, and stamps on her (*) wedding ring. She befriends a Chopin-playing pianist named Mademoiselle Reisz, who is more free-spirited than Adele Ratignolle. This character chafes in her marriage with Léonce, prompting her to have an affair with Alcee Arobin and pine for Robert Lebrun, whose departure causes her to despair and drown herself. For 10 points, name this protagonist of Kate Chopin's The Awakening.
This character watches the "turf event of the season" at the Jockey Club on an invitation from Mrs. Highcamp and angers her father by refusing to attend her sister Janet's wedding.
Edna Pontellier [or Edna Pontellier]