My Thoughts on Calixta and Alcee

In the story “The Storm” Calixta is married to a lower class man, she was beautiful and even caught the eye of a higher class man in her earlier years before she married. Alcee is a high class man, he was charmed by Calixta in their early days and they both had passion for each other. Married now, Calixta, and Alcee drift apart but on one stormy night they were brought together. Calixta is not to be entirely blamed for what happened in that house during the storm, Alcee was predatory towards her, when she moved away to get further away from him he just followed suit. He did not give her a chance to have her own space, he even went inside her house without permission. But she was also to blame for falling for him when they kissed, even when she knew that her husband and child were caught in this storm. I do not think the story blames them both, as the ending left on a happy note. And nothing ever like that happens again, they both get the passion out and go separate ways.