"The Storm"

In "The Storm" by Kate Chopin they try to use the storm as an excuse to do the things they do. The two people in the story that committed adultery were both married. There is never an excuse to commit adultery. The husband of the women in the story was not feeling well about having to stay in the store while and leaving his wife home alone while the storm was coming so he bought her shrimp (256). Alcee, the man that committed adultery, showed up at Calixta's house and used the on coming rain as an excuse to get in. The storm was no reason to commit adultery but there is never a good enough reason to do that. The fact that neither of them felt guilty makes it even worse. At the end of the story the wife laughed with her family like nothing ever happened(259). The man sends a letter to his wife that she can stay away in another town.