The awakening crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Driving Edna’s transformation
  2. 4. The Creole society’s backdrop
  3. 6. Challenging 19th-century gender norms
  4. 10. A means of expression and escape
  5. 11. Critiqued as restrictive and oppressive
  6. 13. Social and cultural limitations
  7. 14. The protagonist seeking self-discovery
  8. 15. HEROINE Edna as a complex, conflicted figure
Down
  1. 2. Theme of personal and sexual liberation
  2. 3. Edna’s tragic final act
  3. 5. Edna’s emotional and social alienation
  4. 7. Sexual and emotional longing
  5. 8. Breaking free from traditional roles
  6. 9. Symbolizing freedom and renewal
  7. 12. Edna’s search for selfhood