According to the Transcendentalist ideas, the protagonist Edna in The Awakening can be interpreted as a female transcendentalist who pursues her individuality, her self-reliance and her spiritual perfection by continuously communing with nature.

• 按照超验主义观点,《觉醒》中的女主人公艾德娜可以被看作一位女超验主义者,她通过不断地与大自然沟通,来发现自我,实现自立,最终达到精神完美。