Love And Passion In Kate Chopin's Short Story 'The Storm'

The concept of love and passion can be considered an immeasurable emotion within the interconnections of a relationship. The author, Kate Chopin demonstrates in her short story "The Storm”, the symbolization for the role that passion plays in a romantic human relationship. Looking at the parallels, the writer uses her main characters and imagery to engage the readers with descriptions of the coming storm and the building of tension between two characters specifically; Calixta and Alcee Laballiere. It is there that the author composes a case, which is the ideology of passion operating outside the moral confines of the social order within love and marriage. The symbolic nature of the storm can be discussed along with the ambiance that is found at the beginning of the story while foreshadowing many important moments of forewarning that serve to amplify the impact of the storm as a figurative design. The very nature of a storm is to replenish while dissipating with no destruction it's way, as oppose to its violent and opposite reaction of disruption and chaos. In “The Storm” Chopin’s foreboding description of the weather lends a false sense of worry to the reader in which Bobinot and his son Bibi, the lead character's husband and son are in the midst of encountering what looks to be a massive troublesome rainstorm. "Bobinot, who was
However, due to the ambiguous passion of Calixta and Alcee the reader is conflicted in wanting to know is this a first-time affair or has this been a long lingering love that has been kept in dark shadows. Chopin allows her reader to feel there is an allowance to release the inner desires of passion in order to experience the outcome can occur. The allegory of "The Storm" sheds light in possibly leading the reader to wonder will their act of passion and intimacy lead to destruction just as the actual storm will do so in