Answer: 1. B) - playful, 2. A) serious
Explanation:
"The Awakening" is a novel written by Kate Chopin, which tackles the theme of female emotional and sexual liberation, exploring the dynamics between a woman, her friend, her husband and children and a love interest, while vacationing on the Grand Isle.
The characters' portraits are sketched in Chapters I and II already and we quickly realize that Edna is playful, being described as "engaging" and interested in outdoor activities, while Leonce, her husband, seems to be bored, "serious", not so much into life at the beach or swimming. He is engrossed in reading the newspaper, smoking, thinking things to himself and treating his wife as his property.
