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This 4 page paper compares two short stories by Kate Chopin: The Storm, and Desiree's Baby. Analysis includes quotes from text, literary elements, and themes. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Chopins short stories all share the feminist undercurrent which pervades her works and serves as a cause for each story to rally around. Gender roles continue to be challenged so
that in the end, whether one is reading The Storm, or Desirees Baby, it is easy to see that the similarities outweigh the differences. Case in point is the story
called, The Storm. This short story would not be published until after her death. This was because of the publics outcry over her novel, The Awakening. The theme of
female sexuality is explored in this short story as well. Calixta, dissatisfied with her marriage meets a man and has an affair with him. Though she does not return to
him she muses about the experience and deems it a positive, even necessary event, which she credits for making her a better woman, and saving her marriage. "So the
storm passed and everyone was happy," she writes at the end. Of course, during the Victorian Era, this would have been akin to declaring oneself a Satanist. The title, The
Storm, ties in with Calixtas unrest and lack of peace in her marriage. In fact, the tension in the short story builds as a storm does; slowly, quietly, gathering strength,
until it breaks. This inner storm mirrors the outer storm which brings Calixta and Alcee together. "When he touched her breasts they gave themselves up in quivering ecstasy, inviting
his lips. Her mouth was a fountain of delight. And when he possessed her, they seemed to swoon together at the very borderland of lifes mystery"(Chopin). Desirees Baby
is set around the backdrop of slavery and racial issues, but in a larger sense, continues the theme of challenging gender roles. Just as in The Storm, the title bears
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