Consider the questions that Edna asks Robert in chapter 34 about where he got the silk tobacco pouch. “Where did you buy this one? In Mexico?.… “They are very handsome, I suppose, those Mexican women; very picturesque, with their black eyes and their lace scarfs.… “What was she like — the one who gave you the pouch? You must have known her very well.… “Did you visit at her house? Was it interesting? I should like to know and hear about the people you met, and the impressions they made on you.” —The Awakening, Kate Chopin span> What character trait is the author trying to establish in Edna through these questions?
