"will you have a spray of jessamine?" he asked, breaking off a few blossoms as he passed. "no; i don't want anything." she seeme
d disheartened, and had nothing to say. she took his arm, which he offered her, holding up the weight of her satin train with the other hand. she looked down, noticing the black line of his leg moving in and out so close to her against the yellow shimmer of her gown. there was the whistle of a railway train somewhere in the distance, and the midnight bells were ringing. they met no one in their short walk. what does edna’s rejection of the jessamine reveal to the reader? that she is losing interest in her relationship with arobin that she is torn between her two handsome young lovers that she is tired from the evening’s affairs and needs sleep that she will soon leave new orleans and her family altogether
The jessamine show to the reader is that she is losing interest in her relationship with Arobin.
Edna is no extended in complete control of her situation.
<h3>What realization is Edna beginning with?</h3>
Edna begins to learn that she is an independent being, individual, and woman. She no longer wishes to be an extension of her husband, or any man.
Rather, she wishes to create her own choices. As a man tries to tend to her needs, Edna grows increasingly dissatisfied with the ideas of a misogynist society.
<h3>Why did the author most probably choose an omniscient narrator?</h3>
The author uses an all-knowing narrator to reveal the thoughts and motivations of both characters. She had not much of anything to say to her father, for that point; but he did not antagonize her.
