Kate Chopin's
The late 1800s were not an era where “erotic” literature was popular, where feminists flourished, or where contemporary feminist ideas were typically thought, written about, or published. Kate Chopin, however, wrote “The Storm”, a story in which the protagonist, Calixta, is a sexually and spiritually frustrated housewife who has a one-time affair to improve her state of mind and her life. In “The Storm”, Chopin uses modern day feminist ideas and beliefs, metaphors and symbolism, and erotic tone and language to form the plot of her story. Everything in the story occurs with the storm. Chopin wrote the storm in an effort to abolish the thought of “women are created to serve men” and also to show readers a women’s perspective on how oppressed and confined a woman can feel in marriage. Chopin wanted readers to see and realize that women too became bored and repressed in uninspiring situations, that women had the same desires and needs that men had, and that like men, they had the means and cravings to enhance their situation. “The Storm” redefines sexual standards of the time and also paints a picture of human, particularly feminine, nature and its tendency to long towards sexual desire.
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Approximate Word count = 990
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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