At the Cadian Ball
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"At the Cadian Ball", written by Kate Chopin
in 1892, was the less popular prequel to her short story "The Strorm
". A distinctive feature of the short story is the use of local color.
sophisticates to find marriage suitors. Calixta is the belle of the ball and describes the young men as boring and plain looking. The only man she finds attractive is Alcee. They sneak off together and kiss. Clarisse, whom Alcée was originally courting, had refused to have sex with him, but after a tornado manifests, she arrives at the ball and asks Alcée to come with her; that "something terrible has happened". This implies the cyclone has awakened her sexuality and she has taken him to go have sex. Calixta ends up with Bobinôt, a man she is not very attracted to, but someone she will settle for.
Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin, born Katherine O'Flaherty , was an American author of short stories and novels. She is now considered by some to have been a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th century....
in 1892, was the less popular prequel to her short story "The Strorm
The Storm (short story)
"The Storm" is a short story by the American writer Kate Chopin, written in 1898. It did not appear in print in Chopin's lifetime; it was published in 1969. This story is the sequel to Chopin's At the Cadian Ball.-Plot summary:...
". A distinctive feature of the short story is the use of local color.
Plot summary
The Cadian Ball is a soirée for young CreoleCreole peoples
The term Creole and its cognates in other languages — such as crioulo, criollo, créole, kriolu, criol, kreyol, kreol, kriulo, kriol, krio, etc. — have been applied to people in different countries and epochs, with rather different meanings...
sophisticates to find marriage suitors. Calixta is the belle of the ball and describes the young men as boring and plain looking. The only man she finds attractive is Alcee. They sneak off together and kiss. Clarisse, whom Alcée was originally courting, had refused to have sex with him, but after a tornado manifests, she arrives at the ball and asks Alcée to come with her; that "something terrible has happened". This implies the cyclone has awakened her sexuality and she has taken him to go have sex. Calixta ends up with Bobinôt, a man she is not very attracted to, but someone she will settle for.