The Role Of Tone In Chopin's The Awakening

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Over the course of the story the tone of the narrator could be seen as obscure. Due to the story being written in third person omniscient point of view, the tone seems distant. The thoughts and feelings of each character are told throughout the story through the eyes of the narrator although the narrator mainly focuses on Edna. With Edna being the main focus the tone of the narrator can be seen as empirical. Throughout the story the narrator shows sympathy for Edna and the struggle she's face. Since the narrator is not a direct character in the story, the sympathy that he or she shoes is based off of observations. The tone of the narrator remains consistent throughout the story but changes when different characters are present in the scenes.