AWAKENING 30-34

30-34
Edna has a dinner party. Robert comes back. Awkwardness ensues. Robert meets Arobin. Robert leaves. Arobin leaves when Edna doesn't want his presence at that moment. Many things are important about all of this. We really see clearly now how Robert feels about Edna. He loves her but he doesn't want to show it and doesn't like it when Edna tries to make him seem like he does love her. The contrast with Arobin is clear; unlike Robert, he activelys seeks Edna out even when she doesn't want him. The dinner party is awkward because of who is at it. (Creoles, the doctor, Arobin, Mrs. Highcamp, etc.) It gets weird at the end because Edna is upset when Victor sings a song that Robert used to like to sing. She doesn't want to be reminded of Robert at this party. She also doesn't want to have anything to do with Arobin immediately after the party, though he convinces her otherwise.