Chrysanthemum

In the short story, “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck and in the poem “The Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti the authors portray a tremendous amount of symbolism. “The Chrysanthemums” is a short story about a middle-aged woman named Elisa, who is married with no children and is very unsatisfied with her life. The poem, “The Goblin Market” tells a story about two sisters, Laura and Lizzie, who are tempted by goblins to eat the forbidden fruit they offer them. In the short story and the…

influential factor in developing many themes in addition to the apparent theme of insanity. Both “The Yellow Wallpaper” and John Steinbeck 's short story "The Chrysanthemums” explore two common themes of identity and gender inequality. Both short stories are set in a time where few women could gain equality in a male-dominated society. In “The Chrysanthemums”, Steinbeck portrays this struggle for equality through the character Elisa Allen. Gilman uses herself as a medium through which she…

“The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck examines a moment in the life of Elisa Allen, house wife and gardener. The story tells of Elisa’s experience with a traveling tinkerer who aims to earn a bit of money repairing their pots and pans. While the interaction with the man does not last long, it awakens something in Elisa that she had long put to bed. Steinbeck masterfully captures the suppressive life of an American wife in the 1930’s with realistic style. The story beings on a hazy December…

Same in the End It is hard to believe how two women with completely different lives can share the same thoughts. “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant is about Mme.Loisel, a trouble young lady who is ungrateful and greedy. In John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums” the main character, Elisa Allen, appears to be a typical housewife with a pleasant life. However, Elisa’s character is anguished on the inside with feelings she has kept to herself. Mme.Loisel and Elisa lead two very different lives but…

Family: In the short stories “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck and “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” by D.H. Lawrence, the protagonists, Elisa and Mabel, are treated poorly by their families because they are women. In the short story “The Chrysanthemums”, Elisa’s husband, Henry, does not treat her equally and does not treat her like a person. She is just kind of treated like she is Henry’s possession. “‘Good,’ she said. ‘Good for you.’” (Steinbeck 2) This shows that her husband runs the farm…

In “Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck and A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, both authors illustrate in readers minds that women back then had no freedom and always doubted themselves, because of how men treated them. The authors shows that during this time `men made women feel insecure and weak. They viewed women as housewives only allowing them to do hard chores all day. Over time the women began to feel like undervalued prisoners in their own homes. Women’s way of thinking and their behaviors…

The female characters from “The Yellow Wallpaper” & “The Chrysanthemums” experience oppression, frustration, and change. While Elisa Allen’s story happens on a ranch in the Salinas Valley. The Narrator from “The Yellow Wallpaper” is taken from her house to a desolated mansion in attempt to cure her “temporary nervous depression” (992). Elisa Allen is a thirty-five year old woman, who loves gardening, and rarely embraces her femininity. She is married to Henry Allen who is a business man, he is…

The Tale of Two Loves In two short stories, “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck, the hidden feelings of main characters Mrs. Mallard and Elisa are brought to the surface at a time when the very identity of their lives is threatened. Through a series of choices they discover who they really are and what they really desire—“good” for themselves or the true good of the other. Mrs. Mallard meets a fateful end after satisfying her selfishness and…

The female characters in The Boys and Girls and The Chrysanthemum are oppressed by society, reminding them of what gender they are, and not letting them do anything they desire. The Narrator in “The Boys and Girls” was really trying be a boy deep down. Elisa in The Chrysanthemums, don’t care about anything, but she is trying live life good. In The Boys and girls & The Chrysanthemums, both stories the female characters are told that they aren’t just female, they’re just women and they shouldn 't…

marital relationship, it’s good to see the interactions between the characters. A lot can be said about the character’s personality by the way they interact with their significant other. The stories of “The Birthmark”, “The Necklace”, and “The Chrysanthemums” there is a different portrayal of the marital relationships between the men and women. In the “The Birthmark”, Alymer has trouble trying to see Georgiana’s beauty because…