"The Storm" may be interpreted as a condemnation of societal constraints upon feminine sexuality. As Calixta "unfastened her white sacque at the throat" she was taking off chains of oppression of her sexuality. When Calixta "nervously began to gather up from the floor the lengths of a cotton sheet which she had been sewing" she is putting her duties away for pleasure and is finally going to fulfill her birthright for passionate sex. In "The Storm" Calixta is a shameless married woman who "lifted her pretty chin in the air and laughed aloud" after committing an adulteress act. Kate Chopin had a unique style of writing for her time.
In Calixta's time, showing of the neck and chest was inappropriate and forbidden. So when "she unfastened her white sacque at the throat" she is expressing that she is a sexual being and is defying against restraints on feminine sexuality. Kate Chopin was a daring writer. In the time of the composition of the storm women were considered property......
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