Arguing moments....

We often hear ..
" Beauty is to the eyes of the beholder ".

And ... what does Edna feel when she first married. Does she think that she is beautiful. Does she think that her husband is good looking or does she care what other people think??
But what is beauty? Does beauty alone guarantee a happy marriage? Are people as shallow as Edna look at form rather than content? Or have the contents changed so much that the form no longer attractive? I see many people got married to persons that I would have thot will never get married; because of not pretty, not handsome, not rich, not sane, not civil, etc. But they got married, have many children. They are happy, I guess. These are the people I admire because they are sane and they work on their relationship. But there is something about Edna, the protagonist of The Awakenings. She acted differently for a woman in her era. She has such courage to have an affair with another man where else her era prohibited and against it. Being single and never been married should acknowledge the limitation of understanding and remember the words .. I know some comments on the net about Edna, are based on one's person personal views. But I want them to see there are million more out there who enjoy marriage life till they die. And if Edna is still alive now, she will surely regretted her foolish decision especially leaving/abandoning her husband and kids. But the question is, is it fair to just blame her without investigating the truth...
It is a lesson to look at others suffering, but is it not a lesson to look at the happier things? In order to reveal it, I need to find more evidence in the novel, get to know Edna's character well, and must read about the author of the novel, the respectful Kate Chopin. Till then ...