usbands letter yet relieved to forgo their intimate conjugallife for a while. The ending proves to be very ironic. Although an affair hastaken place, one may expect for them to get caught and the marriages bebroken up. However, the storm had passed and everyone was happy (Chopin493). Calixtas adulterous experience is accidental and innocent. The affairseems to refresh both marriages, Alcees and Caliztas. Chopins theme hereagain is that freedom nourishes. The Storm is remarkable considering thatit is written in the 1890s and for the use of the controversial language whichunites humans in sexual ways. The story reveals Kate Chopins desire ofwomens renewal birthright for passionate self-fulfillment (Bogarad 158).In conclusion, Kate Chopin breaks a new ground in American Literature. She is the first woman writer in the country to express passion as a subject tobe taken seriously. She revolts against tradition and authority in order to give Harmon 7people the realization about womens submerged life. She also is the pioneerof the amoral treatment of sexuality, of divorce, and of womens urge for anexistential authenticity (Seyested 153). In The Awakening and the short storyThe Storm Chopin implies that sex, even outside marriage can be enjoyablewithout any personal guilt and without harming others to whom one isemotionally and legally bound (Jones 80). Furthermore, Chopin is at least adecade ahead of her time and one of the American realists of the 1890s(Seyersted 153). Although first condemned for her controversial novels andshort stories, Kate Chopin, is able to lay the foundation for the theme ofwomens sexual independence for many authors....
