Edna walks into the sea to escape her life. Kind of in the way Rose Dawson thinks about jumping off the Titanic. From the outside, there is nothing wrong with Edna's life. She has a loving husband and children, she is affluent and well liked. I think, for Edna, the sea is something that is so vast and unknown that it is alluring. the way it ebbs and flows is mesmerizing and that entices her. Even though Edna has this great life, she is unhappy. So unhappy that he takes her own life. But not in a violent of messy way because that isnt proper and that isnt Edna. This way her husband can say "she drowned" instead of "she shot her brains out" when explaining this mishap to the kids and friends.
There is something about the word 'folded' that we talked about in class. It sounds warm and comforting and not dangerous at all. It is a peaceful passing in thought. The reader can take away that this was not a spur of the moment decision for Edna. She has thought of how to kill herself before and she admits to always loving the ocean. Drowning yourself is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of suicide. The thing that i took away most from her death was how simple it sounded. It was so easy to walk into the ocean and choose not to swim. In a way it was passive, that this is happening to her, she is not doing it herself. That is what i took away from her death. - taryn wise
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