Literary Analysis: The Storm :: essays research papers

The plot of the bilgewater "The Storm" by Kate Chopin is a conventional everydayplot. The report would not be so interesting 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 both 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 faithfulness 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 while longer-realizing thattheir health and pleasure were the first things to be considered." These quoteswere taken from the letter Alcee had written to his wife. The storm hadpassed and it looked as if everyone in Alcees s ituation was going to behappy. As for Calixta, she was extremely happy to draw her son and husbandreturn home safely, as indicated in the story "She had clasped Bibi and waskissing him effusively." Calixta then went on to Bobinot and "Felt him to see ifhe was dry, and seemed to express nothing but satisfaction 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 were unsaved 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 lust 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 alleviate both Alcees and Calixtas marriage rather than hurt it, as long as theirrespective spouses do not find out what happe ned during the storm. I bringthis up because both guilty parties involved seemed to come away fromtheincident loving their spouses more and realizing that their choice of who to