Kate Chopin The Storm Literary Analysis
In Kate Chopin’s short story, The Storm, a fairly new concept for modern day readers arises. The tone of the text gives the reader an approving message to have an affair with a spouse and begs the question: Is there a difference between love and sexual passion? Chopin seems to find a distinct difference in the two, and condones the inflicting behavior of the main characters, Alcee and Calixta. In today’s society, marriage is between a set of people who vow to remain faithful to each other in all aspects of life, setting the standard for all marriages throughout the country. Love and sexual passion aren’t typically thought to go hand-in-hand, but contrary to that belief, love, sexual passion, and marriage should act as one. In the beginning