The Storm Within

Part I of Essay
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 outsid ....

Part II of Essay
.... 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. They could almost feel its electricity. “The playing of lightning was incessant. A bolt struck a tall chinaberry tree at the edge of the field ....