Chopin's "The Storm"
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This week's literary club meeting discussion was supposed to be about Kate Chopin's "The Storm,"but it was cancelled due to bad weather. This work was chosen because "Nathaniel Hawthorne has a reputation for ambiguity, intentionally leaving his stories ambiguous and open-ended" (Guth & Rico, 2003).
â?¢Choose 1 of the following statements as your thesis:
â?¦How does Chopin use the symbol of the color of white in the story?
â?¦Can the description of the weather be a warning to the main character?
â?¦Do you think the storm is over or that a storm could be brewing later?
â?¦How can the title can be used as a metaphor for the theme?
â?¢Explain your reasoning/rationale for your interpretation.
â?¢Argue why your interpretation is convincing.
â?¢Support your position with solid arguments and cited evidence from the story itself.
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One of the literary websites I have learned in the course of my own graduate studies about Kate Chopin can be found from the following address~~
http://www.katechopin.org/the-storm.shtml
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http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/chopin.html
Kate Chopin (1851-1904)
Contributing Editor: Peggy Skaggs
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