“The Storm” by Kate Chopin is a story about love, jealousy, deceit, lust, and secrecy. Set in the nineteenth century this impetuous love story takes on two forms of a storm: one being of physical characteristic and the other portraying an internal conflict resulting from a past relationship. This short story centers on the character of Calixta, a mother and wife, but also a former lover of the handsome Alcée Laballire. The external physical storm and the internal conflict storm set the theme of this story and connect what is happening to the characters with a physical representation. The external and internal storms that are portrayed in this short story are closely connected to one another as each symbolizes a cyclonic effect to the lives
