Kate Chopin's Short Story 'The Storm'

possibly focusing on the actual "Storm" Exactly what effects the storm will have on the characters remain to be known, coaxing the reader to continue the story. A second foreshadow can be seen when Chopin emphasizes that Calixta and Alcée have never been alone together since she got married. By mentioning that "[s]he had not seen him very often since her marriage, and never alone"

'The Storm' begins on a stormy spring day, with the protagonist Calixta at her sewing machine. She is alone, her husband Bobinot and son Bibi have gone to the store. Calixta seems to be a bored woman, confined to her duties as a housewife and mother. As the distant storm approaches she is unaware of what the storm brings, her former lover Alcee.

Do you know that stormy weather that makes you want to get comfortable? In this story, the main character, Calixta, is interrelated with the setting of the story, “The Storm” by Kate Chopin. In “The Storm”, setting plays the role as a catalyst that ignites Alcee’s and Calixta’s passion that then runs parallel with the storm. As their relationship builds together, Calixta’s natural desires become fulfilled; which without an outlet on the ability to express our emotions and natural desires, conflicts and storms result in our lives.

She sat at a side window sewing furiously on a sewing machine. She was greatly occupied and did not notice the approaching storm.” (Chopin 96) Comparatively she is unaware of the forthcoming passion that would stumble upon her front door. The introduction of Calixta and Alicee is much like the storm, although Calixta is aware of the approaching storm she does not foresee with what tremendous passion it would hit her town much like she does not foresee the passion that would burst out once she was alone with Alcee. The storm begins strong and forcefully “The rain beat upon the low, shingled roof with a force and clatters that threatened to break an entrance and deluge them there” (97) much alike the intensity of the sexual tension between Alcee and Calixta begins although subtly the passion is still very present “The contact of her warm, palpitating body when he had unthinkingly drawn her into his arms, had aroused all the old-time infatuation and desire for her flesh.”(97) The beginning of the storm is what makes Calixta anxious and panicky but this disheveled woman arouses Alcee and awakens his craving for Calixta that might have never disappeared but suddenly is being revived by the storm. The sexual tension between Calixta and Alcee has a lot of qualities similar

The storm in Kate Chopin’s The Storm, is literally used to separate and put together characters, but it is also symbolically used to demonstrate how Calixta, Alcee, and Clarisse feel restricted in their marriages. This can be shown through “the crashing torrents, and the roar of the elements”.The situation can also be described using words such as “sombre clouds that were

Chopin uses the storm to imitate two separate meanings; she does this by using imagery. One meaning is the denotation, the actual storm happening in the story, and the second being the connotation, the building tension between the characters Calixta and Alcee. At the beginning of the story, the storm has just started to roll in, and Alcee needs to find shelter. He asks Calixta if he can come into her home and she says yes. Though this is a small act that seems harmless, to let another man into your home does not follow the ideal image of a woman. A woman should be domestic, this includes keeping the home for the family. Calixta lets Alcee come in, however. By doing so she resists being a true woman.

When the storm subsides, Calixta and Alcee now must part ways, which in turn makes their affair

The actual storm in the story acts as symbolism to the affair that the characters Alcee and Calixta create. The storm symbolizes the passion, the lust, and the affair that the two forbidden lovers share. The storm, like the relationship, has been slowly building, and a long time coming. Chopin describes the storm at its climax, “They did not heed the crashing torrents, and the roar of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms (Chopin, par. 24). This is the height of the storm and symbolizes the climax of the lover’s sexual affair.

Weather's Purpose in “The Storm” A storm rolls in as quick as human desire. “The playing of the lightning was incessant. . . Calixta put her hands to her eyes, and with a cry, staggered backward. Alcée’s arm encircled her, and for an instant he drew her close and spasmodically to him”

Author says “it began to grow dark and suddenly realizing the situations calixta got up hurriedly and went about closing windows and doors” (539). This implies that she was scare. In addition, her ex-boyfriend suddenly steps towards her house to remain safe from the storm, while he was riding the horse. Furthermore, because of strong thunder there was a physical touch between them. At first

She remembers how they kissed that day. They talk about a love they once shared. This gives us a clue that maybe they were obligated to marry their spouses for convenience. Chopin wrote “she has not seen him very often and never alone.” Which suggest that Calixta wanted to talk to Alcee even before the storm. They say that the longer you suppress your emotions, the bigger the explosion. Which explains why the storm started as just some cloudy sky and got more powerful towards the middle. At the end the storm worn out, because Alcee and Calixta had finally satisfy their passion and fulfill their

From the onset of the story, it is plausible that Chopin has used the storm symbolically to steer on the story and to present a setting for the theme of romantic but illicit love. The story has commenced with Bobinot and Bibi in a local store. As they make attempts to leave, they realize that a storm is approaching as indicated by clouds. They are therefore closed out in the local store as they await the storm to end. On the other end at home, Calixta is at home sewing but is unaware of the storm. She later notices the approaching storm where she runs frantically in the house to close doors and windows. It is during that confusion that she notices Alcee as he approaches. ‘Alce Laballire rode in at the gate’ (Ward 91). Through

Kate uses the setting in this story to symbolize an incident between two characters. The appearance of the storm throughout the story reflects over the affair going on. When the storm concludes, the affair and the story end as well. “The Storm” is a realistic novel that suggests natural forces are determined on their own, and they cannot be controlled by human will. The story is centered on a women named Calixta.

In spite of the fact that there is a physical in the story, there is likewise a storm of emotions. Chopin can pass on the behaviors of her characters all through the story in light of the fact that the storm that happens at the earliest reference point of her story. As the storm approaches Calixta is home sewing, while spouse Bobinot and child Bibi are out at the store. Bobinot sees the "dismal mists that were moving with evil aim from the west, joined by a grim,

The entire setting of the story "The Storm" by Kate Chopin is an accurate reflection of an adulterous situation. It employs the symbol "The Storm" to portray an exact circumstance that acknowledges the existence of unfaithfulness through adultery. The story took place in the period 1800s and gives a clear account of an affair that constituted Calixta who was the protective mother to Bibi and the wife to Bobinot, Alcee, the husband to Clarisse. The relationship among the people above took place at the prime time when there existed a violent rainstorm. As such, the depiction of the rainstorm does not give an account of a particular coincidence that occurred behind the whole scene but represents an external influence through which the proximity of the narration and the affair appeared simultaneously. The narrative begins with the storm occurrence, reaches its peak and ceases, so happens in paradox along with the relationship and the story.