Lit 216 - The Storm

I want to start of by saying I think it was super brave of Chopin to write a story like this in her time. Although much of the story has that sort of cheesy romance novel feel to it, it's still revolutionary because women in her time did not talk about these things. I think Chopin dared to tell a story that was realistic but again, was not meant to be talked about. In her time, it was very often that women weren't able to marry the person they really wanted to. I think the fact that there were no real consequences for Calixta's adultery bothered a lot of people. But Chopin understood that this wasn't a black and white situation. Neither Calixta or Alcee had married the person they wanted to be with, they married because of social status, not love. I don't want to condone their adultery but I entirely understand why they would have done it. I really think that their adultery is going to continue based on the foreshadowing done by Alcee writing to his wife to stay away as long as she wants. I also believe that if Alcee and Calixta lived in modern times, they would have been married.