Kate Chopin’s short story “The Storm” describes an encounter of infidelity between two lovers during a brief thunderstorm. The story alludes to the controversial topic of women’s sexuality and passion, which during Chopin’s time no one spoke about much less wrote about. So controversial was “The Storm,” that it was not published until after her death in eighteen ninety-nine. The story is broken up into five sections, each filled with small clues …showed first 75 words of 728 total…

…showed last 75 words of 728 total…society of women’s sexuality and passion. Curiously, Chopin ends the story by writing, “So the storm passed and every one was happy.” This line is done in a “tongue and check” fashion to imply that on the outside, Calixta was satisfied and this encounter was just a passing storm. However, knowing Chopin’s true message, one can only feel that a very real sexuality in Calixta will be not limited to a one-time encounter.