When Désirée writes her mother to ask for her help in persuading Armand to accept Désirée and the baby as white, she responds: "My own Désirée: Come home to Valmondé; back to your mother who loves you. Come with your child". Once Désirée marries, her choices narrow to two named sheltering houses, each of which speaks of her in terms of the claims they have on her. Describe the picture of marriage that Chopin creates in this story, and the way it seems to trap Désirée within a hopeless path of despair.