Topic > Marriage in Chopin's The Tempest - 1298

Marriage is a tradition that has been passed down through human history for over five thousand years now. Traditional marriage involves a man and a woman who love and support each other, although this may not be the case in today's society. Generally, in traditional marriage, the woman and man will be loyal to each other because they have a relationship built on trust and bond. Adultery and premarital sex did not exist at that time. However, what we see on the news every day is a completely different story. The question becomes what leads women to commit adultery and what they get out of it. In Chopin's “The Tempest,” the marriage between Bobinot and Calixta was both successful and unsuccessful. Bobinot was extremely loyal to Calixta as she does everything only for the family. He went shopping for Calixta and her son. Meanwhile Calixta was waiting at home and at the same time worried about Bibi and Bobinot, her son and her husband, even when Alcee arrived. In Chopin's "The Tempest", the very occurrence of a storm is the backdrop to the sexual encounter between Alcee. and Calixta. The storm itself is a symbol of the passion of the relationship that occurs between the two. This adultery occurs during the storm, and once the storm passes, it marks the end of that adulterous relationship and the return to normal life for the couple. Similar to their overwhelming passion, which came and went with the storm as this adultery was committed only on the basis of passion. The unnamed woman committed adultery out of her affection for the man. On the other hand, in “No Name Woman,” the conservative village and its poverty set the stage for the humiliating treatment meted out to Kingston's aunt and her family. In this way, she commits taboos and is punished severely during a season of bad harvests, extreme poverty and hunger, eventually.