The Misleading Message of Chopins The Storm Essay -- Chopin Storm Ess

The Misleading Message of Chopins The surprise   Kate Chopins  The Storm focuses on dickens simultaneous and related storms, one a fierce tempest of the natural world with the expected rain, wind, lightening, and thunder, the other a cyclone of the chief and heart which results in an short love affair between the twain main characters. With her husband Bobi non and her son Bibi stranded in town by the storm, Calixta finds herself at home alone when an old lover, Alcee, rides up. The storm, the worst in two years, drives the two indoors, where, though they have not met in five years, they in short are embracing each other. As the storm outside reaches a climax, the emotions in the house spike to a fever pitch, and, though not directly stated, it is implied in the narrative that the two engage in informal relations. As the storm passes on Alcee leaves, and we are told that everyone, including the uninvolved  spouses, is improved and benefitted by the romantic engagem ent.       Kate Chopin wrote this story at a clock when Christian and prissy morality was still adhered to, at least in name, and extramarital relationships were astray condemned in public. Thus, though Chopin had penned many other well-received pieces,  The Storm,  written after the highly controversial The Awakening, remained unpublished during her lifetime. That this particular work of Chopin s is more widely accepted today is perhaps a poor reflection on our societys literary tastes, for The Storm  is neither a earthy depiction of life nor the results of male-female relationships.       The main problem with this work is its total overlook of realism in its portrayal of the effects of the rel... ...re is no chance that Alcee allow marry her, considering he did not think it proper when an even give out opportunity presented itself earlier his life. Perhaps Clarisse, if she truly dislikes her husband, will not brainiac the si tuation too much, but such an affair would create an tactless marriage between her and Alcee, and divorce was still not at that time conducive to making you popular in  good  society. Finally, it would be marvellous for Bobinot not to find out, and, from the brief sketch presented of the good but stereotypical man in  The Storm,  it would probably crush him to lose his wife, and what acts such a disenchantment would lead to, no one could say. Considering all that has been mentioned, perhaps a more accurate ending for the story would be  The storm had passed, entirely to come again, and everyone was the worse because of it.