The title of "The Storm" gives the reader a peek into the underlying meaning of the story. It obviously portrays feelings of sexual energy, passion, and explosiveness, but the storm refers to nature, which historically has a feminine association. The storm takes on the personification of a deep, rumbling cloud of feminine sexuality and passion waiting to explode. Throughout the story, the intensity of the storm is symbolic of the intensity of Calixta's passion.

Throughout the story, Chopin depicts feminine sexuality in the imagery of the storm and rejects the repressive view by society of women's sexuality and passion. Curiously, Chopin ends the story by writing, "So the storm passed and every one was happy." This line is done in a "tongue and check" fashion to imply that on the outside, Calixta was satisfied and this encounter was just a passing storm. However, knowing Chopin's true message, one can only feel that a very real sexuality in Calixta will be not limited to a one-time encounter.

tory, Chopin subtly exposes the idea that women of the time are expected to repress their feelings of sexuality and passion. The scene is set as Calixta is attending to household chores unaware that a storm is imminent. Chopin writes, "She sat at a side window sewing furiously on a sewing machine. She was greatly occupied and did not notice the approaching storm. She unfastened her white sacque at the throat. It began to grow dark, and suddenly realizing the situation she got up hurriedly and went about closing windows and doors." This scene foreshadows a sexual encounter to come,

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