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        <title><![CDATA[my name is alcee but i don't know the answer but i was wounding do u...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[my name is alcee but i don't know the answer but i was wounding do u know something about my last name]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The theme is sexual awakening. The title "The Storm" is a metaphor for...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The theme is sexual awakening. The title "The Storm" is a metaphor for sexual stirrings. This metaphor is a mirror for Calixta's passion that is stirring inside of her. The oppressive heat that requires her to loosen her collar is symbolic of emerging sexuality. (She is loosening her inhibitions.)
The setting is in 19th century Louisianna. There are strict morals about marriage vows. Also women were supposed to not have sexual passion but only...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:39:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the 5 story elements in "The Storm" by Kate Chopin?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the 5 story elements in "The Storm" by Kate Chopin?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:58:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kate Chopin uses many different colors such as red, blue, white, and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Kate Chopin uses many different colors such as red, blue, white, and yellow in "The Storm"; what do these different colors symbolize?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:56:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This paragraph explains, in a rather straightforward way, Calixta's...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This paragraph explains, in a rather straightforward way, Calixta's appearance as Alcee grabs a hold of her at her house during the storm.  It is filled with imagery and vivid descriptions, written in such a way as to make her appear her most appealing to him. Her lips aren't red, but as red as "pomegranate seeds," her eyes "gleamed" with "sensuous desire," and her full full bosom all make her unavoidably desirable to Alcee.  Chopin uses...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:58:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "The Storm," we see a woman who acts against all conventional...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "The Storm," we see a woman who acts against all conventional boundaries associated with marriage, and breaks her marital vows in order to grasp what she feels is a moment of happiness for herself.  Calixta was obviously not content to just obey her husband; if she was, she would have never sought solace or enjoyment in the arms of another man.  A lot of people during that time period did feel that women should be totally and completely...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:50:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Chopin once wrote that some had a philosophy that "Women are on earth...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Chopin once wrote that some had a philosophy that "Women are on earth only to serve men." How does she contrast this in "The Storm"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:29:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Explain the following paragraph in "The Storm" by Kate Chopin.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Explain the following paragraph in "The Storm" by Kate Chopin.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:25:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Alcee, the old flame of Calixta's, walks into the story and manages to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Alcee, the old flame of Calixta's, walks into the story and manages to change quite a bit.  Kate Chopin has a common theme of women who feel repressed and unsatisfied in their marriages.  And, it's not necessarily because their husbands are cruel or even that they don't love their husbands, it is more that the "limitations" that marriage puts on women are repressing.  A married woman, in Chopin's time was that and only that.  They didn't...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 1 Aug 2009 15:52:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is Alcee's role in "The Storm" by Kate Chopin?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is Alcee's role in "The Storm" by Kate Chopin?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 1 Aug 2009 15:05:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Chopin uses the storm as a foreshadowing of the coming stormy affair...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Chopin uses the storm as a foreshadowing of the coming stormy affair between Alcee and Calixta, and also, a symbol of Calixta's underlying unhappiness in her marriage.  There is not much else to indicate that Calixta is unhappy or unsettled about her life.  We get only descriptions of her sewing, but as she sewed, she "felt no uneasiness for their safety," referring to her husband and son.  She is just busily sewing, without much thought in...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:40:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "The Storm" explain Chopin's use of the storm in the story.  What is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "The Storm" explain Chopin's use of the storm in the story.  What is its function in the story? Why is this setting important or symbolic?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:27:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A major theme in much of Kate Chopin's writing is that of women feeling...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A major theme in much of Kate Chopin's writing is that of women feeling unhappy and repressed in marriage.  So, Calixta's tryst with Alcee represented Calixta taking control of her happiness, through an affair with another man.  After this incident, she was happy, laughing, and much more laid-back than her normal self.
If we look at the text, Alcee writes his wife, not to tell her of the affair, but to say that he missed her but was doing...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:51:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "The Storm" analyze Calixta and Alcée's relationship. Will this be...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "The Storm" analyze Calixta and Alcée's relationship. Will this be an isolated incident? Will the characters remain "happy"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:12:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I disagree with this analysis of The Storm because it portrays Calixta...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I disagree with this analysis of The Storm because it portrays Calixta and Alcée as having a necessary tryst. Do you agree or disagree?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:42:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Chopin, as in many of her other stories, is implying that marriage is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Chopin, as in many of her other stories, is implying that marriage is not necessarily happiness and bliss for all women.  In Chopin's time period, women were born and bred to be married. That was the end goal, and the supposed end to all woes and misery.  Marriage was the "happily ever after" of fairy tales.  In Chopin's time, to express dissatisfaction with marriage was rare, looked down upon, and any sort of independence--especially...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:23:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What general attitude about sex, love, and marriage does Kate Chopin...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What general attitude about sex, love, and marriage does Kate Chopin imply in "The Storm" and what is evidence in the story to support it?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:50:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One possible theme is finding happiness and fulfillment through...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[One possible theme is finding happiness and fulfillment through unconventional means.  The main character is a woman who finds incredible gratification in an elicit affair with an old acquaintance.  Chopin seems to be indicating that freedom and happiness can be found outside of regular moral conventions of the time.  Calixta, who commits the affair, seems perfectly happy, rejoicing, and almost giddy afterwards, treating her husband and son...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Mar 2009 15:55:49 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the theme of "The Storm" by Kate Chopin?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the theme of "The Storm" by Kate Chopin?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Mar 2009 12:06:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The setting is a tumultuous storm that comes in suddenly and takes over...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The setting is a tumultuous storm that comes in suddenly and takes over the small house, then disappears as quickly as it came, leaving a sunshine-filled day in its stead.  This reinforces the plot because M'sieur Alcee also comes into the story like a storm, awakening stormy emotions and passions within Calixta, and their affair is a tumultuous and brief episode in her life, before things return back to normal.  Afterwards, she is happy and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:57:53 PST</pubDate>
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