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…showed last 75 words of 977 total…the storm. And so the story ends with everyone happy and satisfied. The storm is an effective setting and a more than adequate symbol. From bringing the lovers together, to describing their sexual climax and then quietly ending the affair. It is the description of the storm that creates the foundation and intensity of the affair between Calixta and Alcee. Carrying it from beginning, climax and end, the storm is what makes it all possible.