Blog #4

1.        When Edna tells Madame Ratingnolle that she would give her life for her children but not her own self, she is implying that she would sacrifice her physical body and wellbeing without a doubt in order to save her children, but there is no way that she would ever give her personality or wants up for them.  Edna feels no desire to be a mother and be defined in a traditional motherly gender role.  She does not define herself as a mother, but simply as a woman who has wants and needs of her own.  Edna however, still realizes that if it came down to it, she would sacrifice being alive for them.  This statement does show that in some form or fashion, Edna does care for her children on a certain level, but she does not feel as if her relationship with them is on a mother and child level.