`The Storm` by `Kate Chopin` Literay Analysis

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From the scanty and not so explicit information that has been given in the above essay , it seems as if Bobinot is the father of the four year old Bibi and the husband to Calixtas . From the setting of the epic , the former two are presented as being so far away , trapped in a heavy storm so that they are unable to return home where Calixtas is . By mentioning this , the writer seems to intimate that the two , especially the husband has

been all away , leaving Calixtas by herself . It is apparent that at this moment , Calixta 's one time lover comes over and haves an adulterous fling with her

There are diverse reasons as to why the writer feels as if Calixtas should not be blamed or be subjected to remorsefulness for the adulterous act she engages in with

Alcye Laballiire . In the first case , it is clear that Bobinot stays away for so long , leaving Calixtas susceptible to sexual temptation so that immediately Alcye Laballiire shows up , she almost naturally and readily yields into the act

Secondly , it is clear from the writer 's clever play with and choice of words that Calixtas and Alcye Laballiire were at once lovers . This goes back to at least five years before Calixtas had yet been married . Not only is the above statement true , but some sense of lucidity is found in saying that it is Alcye Laballiire who deflowered Calixtas . This notion is propped...