Underneath it all Elizabeth and Lorraine Character analysis and comparison Odor of Chrysanthemums A sense of shame Who decides what we should feel or how we should act And to what extent can we handle not being able to express our own thoughts opinions and feelings The characters Elizabeth and Lorraine from the stories Odor of Chrysanthemums and A Sense of Shame respectively both had feelings that did not belong or were not appropriate to the context of their specific situations Each woman was
First the chrysanthemums symbolize Elisas children She tends her garden and handles the chrysanthemums with love and care just as she would handle her own children Elisa is very protective of her flowers and places a wire fence around them she makes sure The pests represent natural harm to the flowers and just as any good mother she removes them before they can harm her children The chrysanthemums are symbolic of her children and she is very proud of them When Elisas husband compliments her on
The Chrysanthemums John Steinbecks The chrysanthemums is a short story which portrays the fixed lifestyle of a family in the mid twentieth century when women were deprived of many opportunities and their established roll in society was to care for children and the household The main character is Eliza Allen a woman who lives with her husband in a ranch which she manages with great agility and eagerness We first meet her as she works out in her garden and watches as her husband converses with tw
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said Is not marriage an open question when it is alleged from the beginning of the world that such as are in the institution wish to get out and such as are out wish to get in Brainy Quote Emersons expressions are all too true for many married people as well as those in serious relationships It seems that engaging in marriage is a step that many take only to find out it was a mistake Nothing is ever perfect in relationships as well as in life and in death D H Lawrence s
Endures the test of time According to the 18th century scholar author and critic Samuel Johnson Nothing can please many and please long but just representations of general nature Preface to Shakespeare p 210 By this Johnson means that no literature will endure the test of time except that which reveals and explores situations and characteristics that are recognizable that most of us share that are common to people across boundaries of time and to some extent place I have chosen two short storie