Responses to Small Blogs (Week 3)

Response to Natalie:

"If we were to take the “storm” as a metaphor, then one could state that the storm was the feelings Alcee Laballiere was having while he was at Calixta’s home."

Though I agree that the "storm" acted as a metaphor for feelings, I believe it was for Calixta's feelings, not Alcee's. I say this because the emphasis was put on Calixta and her emotions, emulating the pattern of the storm outside. However, the storm could have also simply been a metaphor for the encounter. Like we talked about in class, maybe the storm is a means of cleansing for Calixta, who feels contained in her role as a housewife to Bobinot and mother to Bibo. The storm rolls in (i.e. Alcee and his desires) and makes its turmoil (the act of infidelity), but then passes, leaving a cleaner and brighter day behind it (the clarity Calixta has that allows her to resume her role as loving mother and caring housewife). Then again, maybe we are all totally wrong and Kate Chopin meant the storm to be simply that, a storm.