# Adèle Ratignolle — The Awakening character guide

> Adèle Ratignolle in The Awakening by Kate Chopin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Madame Ratignolle, Ratignolle, Madame, The old Madame, Adèle

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Who they are

Edna's friend, a devoted mother-wife embodying Creole womanhood.

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