The development of the action in The Tempest "The Tempest" by Kate Chopin is about a storm that passes through a coastal town in the southern United States. The story traces the different phases of the storm and then maps the characters' interactions to each phase. The tension between the characters increases as the physical aspects of the storm become more violent. This essay will outline the development of the storm and match the characters' relationships with the outline. The passage of the storm is the central action of The Tempest and this essay will analyze the effect it has on the story as a whole. The storm is noted in the first line of the story. The stillness in the air also alerted Bibi, the boy, to the oncoming weather. We discover that both the boy and his father are worried about Calixta, the female head of the family. Bobinot is the husband and father. The growing conditions make him think of his wife at home and the sanctity of a strong marriage contrasted with the turbulence of a storm; he buys her a can of the shrimp that she likes so much, a sort of guarantee for times when conditions are adverse. (Stanford, 665) Calixta is home; her job has left her unaware of the gathering clouds. The next mention of the physicality of the storm comes with a stranger on a horse. The reader learns that the animals are huddled away from the storm, leading one to believe that the sensation of the weather changing is instinctive and that the creatures behave instinctively. Just as the stranger must express an opinion that would break a dangerous chain of events... middle of paper... ions were perfect for a storm. Chopin shows humans power over these conditions, when Alcee must fight his instinctive desires and leave Calixta, for example, even as he in many respects treats the lustful impulses encountered by Calixta and Alcee as as uncontrollable and inevitable as a storm. Chopin wanted to show that human nature is still part of nature and that humans still have to satisfy the whims of Mother Nature. The storm in this story is not essential for Chopin to get his point across, although it is a very strong backbone to push his idea forward. He could have chosen different natural events. Storms are traditionally literarily friendly, and humans have a certain fascination with storms. In conclusion, the different phases of the storm in this story are a good guideline for matters of the heart.