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The Storm Kate Chopin

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“The Storm” Kate Chopin Kate Chopin’s short story is written in the late 19th century in a home in Louisiana. This author presents this story with a kind of intimacy and desire. Two married people are unhappy with their lives. There happens to be a storm on the day that the former lovers families are away from home. In search of shelter, Alycee knocks on Calixta’s door asking for shelter until the storm blows over. According to the author, “She had not seen him very often since her marriage, and never alone” (Chopin 121) which meant that this storm was well timed because now they were alone and became intimate with one another. In Chopin’s story, she is writing about more than just a sexual affair, but it is about satisfying the needs and desires
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