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What Is Kate Chopin's Usage Of The Storm Symbolize
In conclusion, Kate Chopin’s usage of the storm as a symbolizing of a love affair clearly showed their love affair. From bringing the lovers together in the beginning, to creating a passionate setting, also to showing the lover’s climax, and passing of their affair, the events in a actually storm symbolized these events.

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