The Storm
The Storm
What general attitudes toward sex, love, and marriage does Chopin imply? Cite evidence to support your answer.
What general attitudes toward sex, love, and marriage does Chopin imply? Cite evidence to support your answer.
In this story, as most of Chopin's stories, sex is seen in terms of desire rather than love. Marriage is a condition not to be inhibited by monogamy.
Alcee clasped her shoulders and looked into her face. The contact of her warm, palpitating body when he had unthinkingly drawn her into his arms, had aroused all the old-time infatuation and desire for her flesh.
The Storm