Chopin's title, "The Storm", refers to the nature, the storm can be seen as symbolic of feminine sexuality and passion, and the image of the storm will be returned to again and again throughout the story. At the beginning of the story, BobinÔt and his young son Bibi decide to wait ou...

The Storms of Life Kate Chopin, the author of "The Storm", describes how real storms symbolize the storms in our lives. Like a storm, the main character Calixta is quiet, calm, and unthreatening to man. But as her passion and the storm began to brew, they became electric and powerful....