Alright, I'll Wake Up

Edna seems to have an emotional breakdown in chapter 9, while listening to a pianist playing a song Edna calls 'Solitude'. Usually, she would picture a naked man "standing beside a desolate rock on the seashore" upon hearing this song, but when Mademoiselle Reisz played it, instead of 'seeing' it, she felt it. Edna bursts into tears as she listens to the song, and once the performance is over, Reisz comes over to Edna and tells her that she is the only one there that was worth playing for.

This short scene seems to show that Reisz might actually understand Edna. Despite the fact that everyone else hearing the song loved the performance and were enthusiastic, Reisz only paid attention to Edna. Seeing Reisz's reaction, readers could assume that Reisz could have a bigger role later on in the book, helping in this awakening.

There was a scene earlier in the book, in which a parrot spoke in a language that no one could understand, except perhaps the mockingbird at the other side of the door. If Edna were to be compared with the parrot, Edna is trapped in her own 'cage', under the oppression. No one really understands her, except this 'mockingbird', which seems to fit Reisz's character (although we can't say much more about it, as this is the first time readers see Reisz).

At this point, Edna knows that something is wrong, but she might not be able to tell the exact reason. However, it is true that the awakening is officially starting. Well, I guess it's about time to wake up myself.