The Artist Must Possess the Courageous Soul

Madameoiselle Riesz tells Edna that in order to suceed, "the artist must possess the couragous soul...the brave soul. The soul that dares and defies." This most accurately describes Edna. Edna does possess the courages soul and the soul that dares and defies. She was inspired my Madameoiselle Riesz who is an artist herself and possesses the soul to be only herself. With the help of Madameoiselle Riesz, Edna was able to be herself and act out on her desires and urges. She no longer had to force herself to be someone who she wasn't in order to fit in with the "mother-women." She no longer had to fit in. Madameoiselle Riesz gave Edna the courage to search deep inside herself for what was really there, for even she had no idea, and then act on that.…