Kate Chopin's The Night Is Solomon

The night is Solomon and it means mystery.” What does she mean by this description? What makes the night dignified and serious? The night is not mystery, the night means mystery. How does the night mean something that is difficult or impossible to explain? Chopin convoys the image of “human shapes” moving swiftly and lightly by her. She describes the shapes as not being able to be touched, like the figures were close to her physical form, yet very different still. Like she was in a different detention from the people walking by her. Or did she mean this more poetically? Does it represent her inability or difficulty in making building connections with others? If so, this could relate to the beginning of the story, where she expressed how tired

Is there satire in this statement? Did she mean it as an insult? Or, was she simply using an analogy that would give the reader more insight to how she views people. Chopin then says that “(she) did not mind” them looking in on her. She explains that “(her) whole being was abandoned,” indicating that she was not occupying her body. If she was not in her body, then people coming by and looking at her physical being would not have been a distraction to her. The out of body experience that comes to mind is being above the body, and looking down on itself. It seems that Chopin abandoned the physical world to be exclusively with the “charm of the night.” This goes back to how she described the night speaking to her. Maybe the communication that she spoke of was not limited to just hearing, but full body senses, the night talking to her through every natural sensory tool that she had: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and

Why does Chopin think that people are a hinderance to the Earth? How does this statement relate to the way that she has described people this entire story? About not waning to speak to them? Maybe together she is indicating that she believes the people around her are shallow. “It was a man’s voice that broke the necromancer’s spell.” Necromancy describes those who practice the communicating with the dead, and usually to make predictions about the future. Who is she referring to as the necromancer? The night? A man is the one to blame for bringing her back to the physical world. This man has brought his bible study class with him, though Chopin uses quotation marks around “bible class,” as to indicate that she does not take this class, or its teaching, seriously. She explains to the reader that this man is “detestable.” Chopin characterizes this man as rough in his manner and loose in his speech. It sounds like he is being forceful towards her, and does not know what he is talking about. She asks, “What does he know of Christ?” This is another indicator that Chopin can tell that he does not know what he is talking about. Though he teaches a class about Jesus, she challenges his knowledge of him. Was he shallow, or his teaching? Or did she find both to be less than satisfactory? The man is characterized again, this time as a young fool. It is then questioned