The Storm

The Storm In Kate Chopin’s “The Storm”, the story suggests that passion kept hidden inside will rage violently like a storm until this passion is released. Chopin relates the storm outside with the storm of emotions going on between the characters, Calixta and Alcee, inside Calixta’s home. The intensity of their sexual act inside the house follows the pattern of the storm outside. Their passion climaxes and diminishes with the storm. The storm …

…themselves. The storm between them gave them new life and satisfaction. They could appreciate everything they have once again. “So the storm passed and everyone was happy.” The last line of the story allows us an ambiguous ending that unifies the central idea of the story. One may see the storm’s passage as a happy ending, or one may see it as the storm will return again, only to destroy both of their lives.