Kate Chopin wrote her fictional short story “The Storm” in the late nineteenth century. During this time, women were looked down upon as being merely housewives; their needs and desires weren’t considered in every day living. This story refutes that idea by showing how the necessities of nature coincide with the needs of personal satisfaction. Chopin’s use of symbolism models how the requirements of nature and the needs of people must and will be satisfied in order to sustain life. The title of this story suggests a metaphorical connection between the invading thunderstorm outside and the storm of emotions fired within the individuals Calixta and Alcee. The intensity of their affair follows the patterns of the storm that occurs outside.

The approaching storm has been brewing for some time, just as the relationship between Calixta and Alcee has. The story speaks of her appearance to him five years before, and expressed some of her old qualities that still remained. Alcee asks, “Do you remember—in Assumption, Calixta”(Chopin 109), alludin

“The playing of lightning was incessant. A bolt struck a tall chinaberry tree at the edge of the field. It filled all visible space with a blinding glare and the crash seemed to invade the very boards they stood upon”(109). The flash that jolted the floor below them symbolizes the electricity and emotion felt between Calixta and Alcee. The drama of the jolt sends her staggering into his arms, and the desire can no further be denied. They no longer ran from the internal storm of passion, but embraced it as Calixta’s worries of the thundershower were overlooked. “They did not heed the crashing torrents, and the roar of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms”(110). Calixta is only concerned with fulfilling the storm raging inside of them. The thunder and lightning are roaring on the outside as they consummate their lustful affair. Nature’s storm leads them into pleasure and then to relaxation as it passes.

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“The Storm,” written by Kate Chopin, opposes the ideas of the late nineteenth century by introducing the fulfillment of a woman’s desires by a man in her position. It shows how the needs and requirements of nature, as well as people, must be satisfied in order to maintain life. Chopin’s use of symbolism displays a connection between an emerging rainstorm and the st

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Approximate Word count = 972
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)