Comparing Calixta And Creoles In Kate Chopin's The Storm
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This short story written by Kate Chopin, called “The Storm” is about an Acadian woman named Calixta who is in love with a Creole man named Alcee and they revive their love in the midst of a storm. Alcee and his wife Clarisse are Creoles, which are descendants of the early Spanish and French settlers in Louisiana. Calixta and her husband Bobinot are Acadians, which are descendants of French-American exiles from Acadia, Nova Scotia. Although the two couples had French ancestry in common, the Creoles and Acadians made sure there were strict social boundaries between them. Chopin introduces class difference of the two by the way the characters speak and how their thoughts are represented throughout the story. The story is based on a love lost