Thunder of the Heart

Pamela N. Signa
Dr. Carol Holley
English Composition 1123
February 5, 2003
Thunder of the Heart
Women of the Nineteenth Century were not as open about love, sex, and personal feelings of the two as women are today. They felt it necessary to suppress these feelings deep within themselves. Kate Chopin relays this information to her audience of readers in the short story, “The Storm”. Many of the reactions and thoughts that Calixta has in this piece describe her feelings, which were not acceptable for women of this era.
During these times, love was born mostly out of a sense of duty to one’s husband. In many cases, marriages were held together because it was the right thing to do, but not always the preferred choice of many women. Divorce became lik...