The plot of the story “The Storm” by Kate Chopin is a conventional everydayplot. The story would not be so interesting if it weren’t for the last line of thestory; “So the storm passed and everyone was happy.” What did she mean bythe closing line? My interpretation of the story is that she meant the rocky partof both Calixta and Alcee’s mariage had passed along with the storm. BothAlcee and Calixta cheated on their spouse, however, they both knew thatwhen the stor was over they would return to faithfulness with their mates.
Alcee obviously felt regretful, as indicated when the author writes; “It was aloving letter full of tender solicitude.” He then went on to say “although hemissed them, he was willing to bear the separation a while longer-realizing thattheir health and pleasure were the first things to be considered.” These quoteswere taken from the letter Alcee had written to his wife. The storm hadpassed and it looked as if everyone in Alcee’s situation was going to behappy. As for Calixta, she was extremely happy to see her son and husbandreturn home safely, as indicated in the story; “She had clasped Bibi and waskissing him effusively.” Calixta then went on to Bobinot and “Felt him to see ifhe was dry, and seemed to express nothing but satisfaction at their safereturn.” Calixta had also withstood the storm of her marriage and everyoneseemed to be happy too. Alcee and Calixta both seemed to realize they wereblessed with loving spouses. In their moment of passion they did not realizehow lucky they both were. I feel they both came to grips with the fact thatwhat happened between them was an act of lust and there were no feelingsinvolved. The moment was very arousing to each of them but when the stormwas over so was the act of lust and betrayal. My opinion is, this act was goingto help both Alcee’s and Calixta’s marriage rather than hurt it, as long as theirrespective spouses do not find out what happened during the storm. I bringthis up because both guilty parties involved seemed to come away fromtheincident loving their spouses more and realizing that their choice of who tomarry was the right choice to make. Each xpressed concern for their spouseswell being and the actions they took during the storm didn’t even cross theirminds as the storm passed. Sometimes people need a “storm” to happen intheir lives to help them realize how good they have it. Alcee and Calixta cameaway from the storm realizing that they had each found the love of their livesand it wasn’t each other. Neither wanted to loose their love, “So the stormpassed and everyone was happy.” English
