Nature, a term that stands for phenomena of the physical world, including weather, plants, animals, and the environment. In many literatures throughout the history, such a seemingly ordinary concept has been used by many authors and writers in their work for many different purposes, as a wide variety of them are covered from those that primarily emphasize natural history facts to those in which philosophical interpretations dominate. Among these literatures, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman’s A New England Nun and Kate Chopin’s The Storm are two of the most well-known and representative works for involving the nature as one of the biggest parts. Both of the stories explored the themes around marriage, femininity and sexuality, both of the protagonists, Louisa and Calixta, had their own …show more content…
sad. The lush growth of wild plants gives the reminder and contrasts with Louisa's own garden, which is presented as neat and well-controlled. Louisa sat in the wild field, staring at the "little clear space"(Freeman, 1003) between her and the moon. As presented here, the moon is a symbol of chastity, Louisa would later choose to continue her lonely and pure but peaceful life rather than endure the chaos and turmoil she thought married life would bring. Lily, on the other hand, chose to embrace this life. She is described as "blooming", as this is the association to her with fertile, wild growth in summer. Turning to the story of The Storm by Chopin, the author used a substantial amount of effort to describe the natural phenomenon, the storm itself. Comparing to the peaceful environment in A New England Nun, the storm in this story is more drastic and aggressive, as Chopin uses thunderstorms as a plot device to have two former lovers have sex