As she talks about her fiance’s unknown appearance, she decides to make an excuse that loving someone can make you blind, while it is clear that she is avoiding the truth of the matter. She is blinded by the thought of her relationship with her fiance, which she does not quit, thinking that he is real, while the townspeople are not aware of who he is. This similar theme of love that can lead to unwanted behaviours is made similar to the protagonist of “The Storm”. Calixta is a married woman who bears a family, but unlike other married women who are pure, she decides to be tempted by love, when a man named Alcée who she knew before, enters her home because of a storm. It is made apparent that Calixta has no personal love life with her husband, which the reader may assume that her husband has no interest in “loving” her. This cruel temptation of love commits her to adultery, “‘Do you remember - in Assumption, Calixta?’ he asked in a low voice broken by passion. Oh! She remembered; for in Assumption he had kissed her…” (Kate Chopin,
As she talks about her fiance’s unknown appearance, she decides to make an excuse that loving someone can make you blind, while it is clear that she is avoiding the truth of the matter. She is blinded by the thought of her relationship with her fiance, which she does not quit, thinking that he is real, while the townspeople are not aware of who he is. This similar theme of love that can lead to unwanted behaviours is made similar to the protagonist of “The Storm”. Calixta is a married woman who bears a family, but unlike other married women who are pure, she decides to be tempted by love, when a man named Alcée who she knew before, enters her home because of a storm. It is made apparent that Calixta has no personal love life with her husband, which the reader may assume that her husband has no interest in “loving” her. This cruel temptation of love commits her to adultery, “‘Do you remember - in Assumption, Calixta?’ he asked in a low voice broken by passion. Oh! She remembered; for in Assumption he had kissed her…” (Kate Chopin,