The social norm tells her that she should be a devoted wife and mother. This is not what she wants. She longs for happiness, without really knowing what happiness is or where it comes from. His identity is lost. She was his father's daughter, his husband's wife, and the mother of his children. There was no room for the real Edna Pontellier to shine. She was perhaps content with this situation until Robert Lebrun conquered her heart. He made Edna want to be her own person. She realized she had passions outside the walls of her family, but she felt like those passions had come too late. She was torn between the life she was accustomed to and the one she wanted to live. This confusion ultimately leads her to