The storm
“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm” (The Song of the Lark, By Willa Cather). Not only do you learn differently during particular events, but we also feel differently. Emotions are highly present during a summer thunderstorm. We experience fear, excitement, weakness, etc. People become very vulnerable and let their guards down. They feel the need to latch on to anyone they feel passion towardsThe storm represents the passion, apprehension, and nonlastingness of the affair between Calixta and Alcee, symbolizing the fact that their affair was very spontaneous, random, and was a one time thing. In “The Storm” the strength of the storm represents the passion that Calixta and Alcee experience. A storm is a very powerful force of nature that comes around periodically. “The rain was over; and the sun was turning the glistening freen world ito a palace of gems. Calixta, on the gallery, watched Alcee ride away. HE turned and smiled at her with a beaming face; and she lifted her pretty chin in the air and laughed aloud” (Chopin, 860).The passion the two of them experienced was going to be just a one time thing. By Calixta laughing,
In seeking closure in her relationship with Alcee, Calixta has this affair. It is always nice to see what might have been, but it also made her more aware as to how much she loved her husband. "Farewell, great storm. I knew you well, and off another path I sail. You will return to tranquility, but I'm sorry, around, I will not be" (“To Safety Be Upon the Sea By Frank Sampson). she was showing that it was a good ending to their relationship, and she was glad that it had happened. As for Alcee, he felt it was a good getaway from his current wife and would probably do it again it if he had the chance. “Alcee Laballeire wrote to his wife, Clarisse, that night. It was a loving letter, full of tender solicitude. He told her not to hurry back, but if she and the babies liked it at Biloxi, to stay a month longer” (Chopin, 861). Alcee had also recognized that he had done wrong, so he did not rush his wife, rather, he encouraged her to stay in Biloxi if she was enjoying herself. He realized that her pleasure was more important. “He was getting on nicely; and though he missed them, he was willing to bear the separation a while longer – realizing that their health
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