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Adultery In Kate Chopin's Short Story 'The Storm'

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“The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop- John Updike”. In the short story “The Storm” by Kate Chopin, the main character Calixta is a wife to a man named Bobinot and a mother to a son named Bibi. Calixta presents herself to be saddened and not sexually fulfilled in her marriage. This causes her to commit adultery with another man during a terrible rain storm, and not feeling an ounce of guilt for her

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