Study Questions on Elizabeth LeBlanc , “The Metaphorical Lesbian: Edna Pontellier in The Awakening ” 1. What, according to LeBlanc, defines a “metaphorical lesbian”? In general (rather than in terms of her specific argument about The Awakening ) what does she think is useful about such a concept? 2. Why, specifically, does LeBlanc argue that Edna should be seen as a “metaphorical lesbian”? 3. What ways of understanding Edna is LeBlanc’s argument meant to challenge? Study Questions on Cynthia Griffin Wolff, “Un-utterable Longing: The Discourse of Feminine Sexuality in Kate Chopin's The Awakening ” 1. According to Wolff, what are some of the obstacles that make Edna’s “quest for a viable and acceptable mode of owning and expressing her sexuality”(384)? 2. What does Wolff mean when she says that Edna is “habitually drawn” to “narrative conventions [that are] formulaic”(388)? 3. At the conclusion of the essay, Wolff says “Edna has failed”(393). At what, according to Wolff, has Edna “failed”? Why? ...