Imagery And Symbolism In Kate Chopin's The Locket

The short story of The Locket by Kate Chopin, tells the tale of loyalty and suffering between a Civil War Confederate soldier, Edmond, and his lover Octavie. As Octavie’s locket symbolizes love and devotion between all things sentimental, the separated couple must find faith in one another when all hope is lost and the locket is stolen. {{this doesn't answer the question-we want to know whether the ending was surprising or not and what held or didn't hold your suspense}}

With Chopin’s descriptive use of imagery and pleasing plot twist, it’s impossible to not appreciate the reunion of Edmond and Octavie in the conclusion of The Locket. It was evident that the main character Octavie suffered in pain after she finds out Edmond is dead as Chopin writes, “Octavie had experienced many such moments of despair, but a blessed resignation had never failed to follow, and it fell upon her like a mantle and enveloped her” (Chopin). In continuation of the story, the reader is again sympathetic to Octavie’s somber emotions as Chopin writes, “The soul of her youth clamored for its rights; for a share in the world’s glory and exultation” (Chopin). Such expressive statements regarding the heartbreak and helplessness of Octavie led the reader yearning for Edmond alive after Judge Piller’s foreshadow. The conclusion was emotionally satisfying to see the lovers unite, but also slightly unsettling with Edmond’s final thoughts. …show more content…
Although a majority of the story had to do with the grievances of Octavie following her knowledge of Edmond’s death, there was a slight chance that what she thought to be true might not actually be and that this was not the end of Octavie and Edmond’s love. I credit Kate Chopin for writing a convincing plot twist but I also feel as though she meant it to be obvious that the story could not end with a widowed