Mademoiselle Reisz is first introduced playing piano at a party, unlike typical women as she is distant, reserved, and unmarried. She feels a connection to Edna and only cares for Edna's opinion when she plays for her. Reisz influences Edna to become more independent, as the first sign is Edna starting her own art, and Reisz showed Edna that she can live life as a woman ruled by her own passions rather than society's expectations.