At The Cadian Ball Analysis

4. The Storm

Short story The Storm could be considered as a sequel to another Kate Chopin’s short story called At the Cadian Ball, where we get introduced to two young lovers, Calixta and Alcee, we also get introduced with the character of Bobinot. Nevertheless, the story itself can be read without reading the earlier story. At the Cadian Ball we get to see how Calixta and Alcee came to marry their partners.

Right from the title we are in some way warned that there is nothing naïve about this story. Indeed, the title The Storm has some strong sexual indications and it prepares us for one love storm that will enter our hears . It is bound to connect storm with a great power, and just as Mother Nature cannot be controlled, the sexual, love

Even before they got married with other people, main protagonists of the story, Calixta and Alcee had some feelings for each other, but coming from different social classes, it was not meant for them to end up together. Since Calixta comes from a different cultural background than her husband Bobinot and lover Alcee, there is something about her that makes her different from the other girls. Her mother is Cuban and therefore she has some Spanish speaking cultural background which makes her more sensual and mysteriously steamier than other

This can be connected with her emotional, sexual and intellectual awakening since Edna come to realize that she alone is enough, there is no need for husband and children to complete her. It was the sea that aroused her body and knock on the door of her sexuality. The sea was the place where she was reborn, and that’s probably the reason why she came back there to commit