Literary Analysis: The Storm :: essays research papers

The plot of the story "The Storm" by Kate Chopin is a conventional e very(prenominal)dayplot. The story would not be so arouse if it werent for the last line of thestory "So the storm passed and everyone was happy." What did she mean bythe closing line? My interpretation of the story is that she meant the rocky partof some(prenominal) Calixta and Alcees mariage had passed along with the storm. BothAlcee and Calixta cheated on their spouse, however, they both knew thatwhen the stor was over they would return to loyalty with their mates.Alcee obviously felt regretful, as indicated when the author writes "It was aloving letter full of tender solicitude." He then went on to say "although hemissed them, he was willing to bear the separation a spot longer-realizing thattheir health and pleasure were the first things to be considered." These quoteswere taken from the letter Alcee had scripted to his wife. The storm hadpassed and it looked as if everyone in Alcees situation was going to behappy. As for Calixta, she was extremely happy to see her son and husbandreturn sign of the zodiac safely, as indicated in the story "She had clasped Bibi and waskissing him effusively." Calixta then went on to Bobinot and " snarl him to see ifhe was dry, and seemed to express nothing but satis occurrenceion at their safereturn." Calixta had also withstood the storm of her marriage and everyoneseemed to be happy too. Alcee and Calixta both seemed to realize they wereblessed with loving spouses. In their moment of passion they did not realizehow lucky they both were. I feel they both came to grips with the fact thatwhat happened between them was an act of crave and there were no feelingsinvolved. The moment was very arousing to each of them but when the stormwas over so was the act of lust and betrayal. My opinion is, this act was goingto help both Alcees and Calixtas marriage alternatively than hurt it, as long as theirrespective spouses do not find out what happened during the storm. I bringthis up because both unlawful parties involved seemed to come away fromtheincident loving their spouses more and realizing that their choice of who to