Kate Chopin uses dynamic characters to help create Edna Pontillier. Using Mr. Pontillier, Edna's children and Madame Ratignolle to oppose Edna; and Robert, Madame Raisz, and Arobin as supporting characters to Edna's nontraditional ambitions. Kate Chopin produces an independent and unconventional woman. While some characters contrast with Edna, all of the characters in The Awakening help to illuminate Edna's opposition to Creole tradition. Without the use of secondary and contrasting characters, Edna would never have been able to fly above tradition. With a husband and two children at twenty-eight, Edna Pontillier realizes that mother-wife life is not for her. With his newfound independence, Edna's husband wasn't sure how to handle his new, nontraditional wife. “I came to consult – no, not precisely to consult – to talk to you about Edna. I don't know what's hurting her. » (p. 109) Mr. Pontillier is a loving and good husband, but his slight narcissistic personality causes him to lose contact with his wife. Mr. Pontillier buys Edna candy and compliments her in front of their friends, but it seems that he enjoys spending time with his friends and working more than he enjoys his time with his wife. “Are you coming back for dinner?” his wife called out to him. He stopped for a moment and shrugged his shoulders. " (p. 8) The only reason Mrs. Pontillier stays with her husband for so long is because of her children. Although the Pontillier children are not major characters, they help demonstrate her true commitment. Edna would rather die rather than letting her children think that their mother left them to be with another man. “She thought of Léonce and the children. But they should not have thought that they could possess her. , her body... middle of paper ......o is there for Edna through her transition from mother and wife to independent woman in a dovecote, pushes Edna to her limits and out of her comfort zone, this. which helps her realize that she wants to separate from her husband and give a better life to her children At the beginning of The Awakening, Edna Pontillier is seen as a bad mother-wife but by the end of the novel, she is seen as a bad mother-wife. as an independent and empowered woman Although she is not a traditional Creole woman, her innovative vision gives new meaning to the definition of a Creole woman. Edna may not have been ready to give herself for her children, but she was ready to die for them and their happiness. This new branch of the Creole woman is created by the characters in Edna's life. While some give his character a negative aspect, others reinforce his ideas about the new world and want to help him change traditions..