The Passion Of A Storm
The Passion of a Storm
?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 sustain life. Chopin?s use of symbolism displays a connection between an emerging rainstorm and the storm of emotions growing within the individuals Calixta and Alcee. The intensity of their encounter mirrors the pattern of the rainstorm as it builds to a climax of thundering sheets of rain, and then reduces to a mere breeze.
The escalation 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 third person narrator speaks of her appearance to him five years before, and expressed some of her old qualities that still remained. The narrator, alludes to a passionate encounter years ago, ?Do you remember?in Assumption, Calixta?(97).
The storm could be seen for miles before it got there; however Calixta does not recognize either of the storms
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