Judy Dear March 17, 2000 Critical Essay III English 1123C Passionate Storms Kate Chopin’s “The Storm”, is a story filled with metaphorical references between a thunderstorm of rain and a thunderstorm of passion. Calixta, Bobinot, and Bibi led, what one would assume to be, a rather normal life. While Bobinot and Bibi are in town shopping they notice a storm approaching, and “Bobinot, who was accustomed to converse on terms of perfect equality with his little …showed first 75 words of 476 total…

…showed last 75 words of 476 total…returned safe, unhurt by the storm that had passed through. Alcee wrote to his wife when he returned home and told her to not hurry back, although he did miss her and the children. The stormy weather was gone, as was the storm of passion and all were happy. Work Cited Chopin, Kate, “The Storm” Literature and the Writing Process. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X. Day and Robert Funk. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentiss, 1996: 108-111