THE LOVE BETRAYAL OF EDNA PONTELLIER IN THE AWAKENING BY KATE CHOPIN = THE LOVE BETRAYAL OF EDNA PONTELLIER IN THE AWAKENING BY KATE CHOPIN

Natalia Wijaya Susanto. 2023. The Love Betrayal of Edna Pontellier in The Awakening by Kate Chopin. (Supervised by Herawaty Abbas and Andi Inayah Soraya)

The aims of this research are to find the kind of love betrayal that the main character commits in the novel and to discover the effects of love betrayal. To analyze them, the writer examines the intrinsic elements of the literary work by using the structuralism approach by Rene Wellek and Austin Warren. The focus of this research is the analysis of the character and characterization.
In this research, the writer applies descriptive qualitative methods to analyze the data, and in this case, the data is a literary work namely a novel entitled The Awakening written by Kate Chopin.
Through this study, the writer finds five kinds of love betrayal committed by the main character. They are neglecting her children and her obligation, leaving the house of her family, having affairs with other men, and committing suicide. Furthermore, there are four devastating effects of the main character’s love betrayal namely Leonce Pontellier’s confusion and his concern about people’s opinion of Edna’s changed behavior, implicit disappointment of Edna’s children, Robert’s self-sacrifice, and Edna’s downfall.

Keywords : Love Betrayal, Structuralism, Intrinsic Elements, Kate Chopin, The Awakening