Foreshadowing And Imagery In The Storm By Kate Chopin

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Rachel Barker
Mrs. Vattimo
English 102-100
17 February 2016
“The Storm” by Kate Chopin
“The Storm" is a short story about a woman who is married and has a son. One day, while her husband and son are at the store, it starts storming and her ex-lover shows up looking for somewhere to stay while its storming and they end up having an affair. Back when this story is set it was uncommon and frowned upon for affairs to happen. Kate Chopin wrote this short story to symbolize the inner truths of her characters’ minds and hearts by showing good usages of setting, foreshadowing, and imagery.
The short story takes place in Louisiana in 1899 where women stayed home cooked, cleaned, and watched the children while the men went out and worked. Setting is the background against which the action of a work takes place: the historical time, locale, season, time of day, weather, and so on (G8). A good example of setting from the story is, “It began to grow dark, and suddenly realizing the situation she got up hurriedly and went about closing windows and doors (176)." This is a good use of setting because it helps us picture how the storm is starting to look. This is also foreshadowing the upcoming affair. …show more content…

Foreshadowing is an early introduction of situations, characters, or objects that seem to have no special importance but in fact are later revealed to have a great significance (G4). “The rain beat upon the low, shingled roof with a force and clatter that threatened to break an entrance and deluge them there,” is a good example of foreshadowing (177). This sentence is foreshadowing what’s about to happen in at the end of paragraph 24 when Calixta and Alcée have an affair. "That threatened to break," could signify Calixta breaking her vow to only be with her husband, which back in 1899 was very

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