y her Spanish blood may give her, Calixta still had scandalous stories told about her. Calixtas cheerful nature drives her to have a hedonistic outlook. She is effortlessly popular, and her pleasure-seeking attitude is inappropriately uninhibited. At the same time, she has a need to be admired. There is no profound seriousness in her; her flirtations are merely pleasant diversions. She does, however have a manipulative edge with her friendships with Bobinot and Alcee. It almost seems as though she took her charisma for granted. She was absolutely certain that Bonito was infatuated with her. Kate Chopin make that very clear in the opening paragraph, and elaborates in the second: Her eyes the drowsiest, most tantalizing that ever looked into a mans He thought of her eyes and weakened.... Evidently, Calixta values her ability to entrance men as her worth. Calixta is presumably of marriageable age, as evidenced by her agreement to marry Bobinot in the end. She is crushed by Alcees silent and abrupt departure. For Calixta, this was reason enough to doubt herself after all. Since Calixta bases her ego on mens reactions towards her, this was a humbling experience. Fortunately for Bobinot, he happened to encounter her when she was confused. Since Calixta is impulsive, she decides to not give Bobinot a reason to leave, and she announces that You been sayin all along you want to marry me Well if you want, yet, I don care, me. Rather than loving Bobinot, Calixta agrees to marry him out of a sort of desperation. People are always searching for attention, and Calixta is no exception. Alcee is intriguing for her; therefore, she pursues him, with harmless trifling and suggestions.She does not feel quite right unless there is someone admiring her, since Alcee is obviously not going to do that, she decides Bobinot is better than nothing is. Calixtas conduct directly reflects her purposes. Despite the fact that she is distinctive in personality and manne...
