The Storm Within
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The title of Kate Chopin’s story “The Storm” suggests a
metaphorical connection between the storm outside and the storm of emotions
going on between the individuals Calixta and Alcee. The intensity of their
sexual act inside the house follows the pattern of the storm outside. Their
passion cl ....
Middle of paper
.... roof with a force and clatter that threatened to break an
entrance and deluge them there.” This refers to the storm outside and their
emotional state. They were feeling this need and desire for each other and
it was beating down all the barriers they had set up within themselves to
resist this temptation. Their feelings were so dangerously close to the
surface that they could hardly hide them any longer.
The storm was raging on and the drama of the lightning was very
shocking to them. Th ....
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