Chopin and Steinbeck on Women
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For no woman (or any man) does marriage come easy. Marriage, even the best one, necessitates compromises and dedication and, above all, the denial of personal longings for something ôdifferentö or even more passionate than one is accustomed to having. This is very much the case with respect to Kate ChopinÆs heroine, Calixta (ofThe Storm) and John Steinbeck's Elisa (of Chrysanthemums). Both women, in different ways and to different degrees, confront their longings and then move on, back to the security of their day-to-day lives. ChopinÆs (p. 1507) Calixta is a married woman with a four-year-old child who recalls a lost passion when ôIf she was not an immaculate dove in those days she was still inviolate; a passionate creature whose very defenselessness made her defense.ö Left alone in her rural home by her husband and son as a storm approaches, Calixta grants shelter (from the storm) to her almost-lover, Alcee Laballiere. With the storm upon them, the passion of a long-age Assumption 'Cadian ball and festival reclaims them. The external drama of the
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