The Chrysanthemums Femininity Quotes
The femininity in The Chrysanthemums Men have been known to be superior to women. Women try hard to get passed this irrelevant stereotype. It is unfair to say that women cannot be independent and take control. There have been many critics that apply feminism to this story. “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck reveals Elisa Allen’s desire to have a more passionate marriage and secrets of expressing her gender. Elisa Allen realizes that she acts totally different around her husband. When she meets a stranger passing through her garden he helps her understand that she should be herself. She doesn’t act like herself around her husband, but acts like he sees her to be. The setting helps symbolize the characterization of Elisa Allen.
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Elisa does not appear to be comfortable with her sexuality and shows a bit of her manly side: “Her figure looked blocked and heavy in her gardening costume.” This is also shown by her appearance: “a man’s black hat, clod-hopper shoes and heavy leather gloves". There is also a feminine side to her clothing when she had on “A figured print dress almost completely covered by a big corduroy apron." Despite the symbolic ideas of the clothing, she had her feminine job of taking care of her garden. Her garden meant a lot to her. Elisa would treat the chrysanthemums as if they were her children. This shows the reader that she wants more to life than just …show more content…
The tinker is described as a gray bearded, big man whose are dark and “full of brooding.” He stops at her home and asks her if she needed anything to be fixed because he needed money. She didn’t give in until he brought up her precious chrysanthemums: "Elisa's eyes grew alert and eager." She began to speak passionately of them and began to realize that society is also interested in what she admires most. This brought her not to feel isolated from the world anymore. Elisa began to fell attracted to the tinker and gave him a job to do. She began to think that she can do the same job: "women could do such things." The tinker thought the opposite: "It ain’t the right kind of life for a woman." This upsets Elisa and she ends up giving him the chrysanthemums to take with
Elisa does not appear to be comfortable with her sexuality and shows a bit of her manly side: “Her figure looked blocked and heavy in her gardening costume.” This is also shown by her appearance: “a man’s black hat, clod-hopper shoes and heavy leather gloves". There is also a feminine side to her clothing when she had on “A figured print dress almost completely covered by a big corduroy apron." Despite the symbolic ideas of the clothing, she had her feminine job of taking care of her garden. Her garden meant a lot to her. Elisa would treat the chrysanthemums as if they were her children. This shows the reader that she wants more to life than just …show more content…
The tinker is described as a gray bearded, big man whose are dark and “full of brooding.” He stops at her home and asks her if she needed anything to be fixed because he needed money. She didn’t give in until he brought up her precious chrysanthemums: "Elisa's eyes grew alert and eager." She began to speak passionately of them and began to realize that society is also interested in what she admires most. This brought her not to feel isolated from the world anymore. Elisa began to fell attracted to the tinker and gave him a job to do. She began to think that she can do the same job: "women could do such things." The tinker thought the opposite: "It ain’t the right kind of life for a woman." This upsets Elisa and she ends up giving him the chrysanthemums to take with