Hidden Passion’s In John Steinbeck’s short story “The Chrysanthemums” imagery and symbols are used to show the repressed feminine qualities, hidden passion and feelings of inequality in the main character Elisa Allen. Who is a strong, capable woman kept from social, personal and sexual fulfillment . Elisa is a homemaker living in Salinas Valley, California with her farmer husband Henry. Elisa is a lonely woman whose days consist of nourishing and growing “chrysanthemum” flowers in her fenced in garden. Steinbeck uses the “chrysanthemum” flower, the variation of her clothing, the way she interacts with her husband and the tinker as examples of symbolism.
This knowledge allows the author to effectively create dramatic irony. When Dee finds the quilts in the trunk and rubs her hands over the fabric we as readers can connect with Dee in the sense that she is educated and her perceived value of the quilt is different than that of her mother and sister, yet we can still honor Mama’s emotions those of protecting Maggie from her sisters’ callousness. Mama is naïve to the world outside of the rural south; Dee on the other hand is in living it. Mama does not understand where Dee's perceived values are coming from so the educated insight into Dee's
She gathers up a new, dismembered toy. Gwen Harwood I believe this sonnet depicts the day to day reality of the functional role of a woman in the household. Symbolism of “woman with a broom” represents the suburban framework that has been instilled into this woman, in which she cannot escape her role of caring for her children, and sacrificing her hopes to satisfy the needs of her family. This poem is conventionally a love-poem, usually "spoken" by a man about a woman, extolling her beauty and expressing his undying love for her. Gwen Harwood is using this ironically, to show how unlike the conventional sonnet woman her female subject is, but a woman of despair and hopelessness.
This form of education also allows Jane to explore her imagination. At Gateshead, Jane is constrained by the form of education afflicted upon her by the Reed’s, she is educated to be humble and obedient, this is illustrated through her subservient character, “silence! This violence is all most repulsive.” By Mrs Reed telling Jane to “silence”, conveys that her aunt wants Jane to know her dependency, inferior status, and her little rights. The Reed family use hegemonic control upon Jane, to educate her to be submissive. This informal form of education places constraints upon Jane, as the authority of her aunt and cousins restricts her.
‘Educating Rita’ is about Rita’s desire and strive for education, “I wanna know. Everything.”, as she feels that her current job, as a hairdresser, limits her lifestyle both educationally and socially, “God, what’s it like to be free?”. Whereas ‘Pygmalion’ focuses on Eliza’s dream and ambition, “I want to be a lady in a flower shop stead of sellin at the corner of Tottenham Court Road.”. The first impression made by Rita, on Frank, can be compared to that of Eliza’s first impression on Higgins as they both present themselves as females who have been limited by their status as working class ladies, even though there is a seventy year gap between their appearances. Both Rita and Eliza are feisty and eager to adapt in order to pursue and, hopefully, fulfil their wishes.
But on a deeper level these changes are caused by her frustrated psychological state during the events and alterations occurring in her life without any warnings. The vegetable plot represents memories of summers at the dacha that she loved. It represented innocence, dreams and hope in survival and in the future. Anna’s attitude towards the plot at first was very caring and artful. That was her personality.
This story tells of two sisters, Laura and Lizzie, who are brought closer together by sex, violence and love while trying to maintain the image of domesticity. The story opens with the sisters trying to follow the image of domestication allotted to them by the general public. While Lizzie knows her place in the public’s eye, she pleads with her sister Laura not to succumb to the sensation of curiosity. Rossetti writes, “‘O! cried Lizzie, Laura, Laura,/ You should not peep at goblin men.’ Lizzie covered up her eyes/ Covered close lest they should look;” (Rossetti 48-49).
Throughout this story, difficult choices were made by Sarah, Andrew, and Lawrence all revolving around Little Bee; some made selfless choices and some made selfish, morally wrong choices. Sarah, before anything, is a mother, but she gets lost in her own world, she starts an affair which Sarah’s response to Little Bee has always been selfless; Sarah has the maternal instinct to help Little Bee. Sarah does right by Little Bee, she cut off her own finger for the girl to save her life. In addition to that, when Little Bee gets deported back to Nigeria, Sarah follows her in order to keep Little Bee from the third world dangers. After Sarah finds Andrews miscellaneous works exposing injustice in third world countries, she decides to finish his work by writing about Little Bee’s story and many more like hers to bring to light the mass murders, and furthermore help Little Bee.
After being suffocated by the images of this absolute world, Mrs. Breedlove strives to acquire the white’s life style. While in her employer’s house, Mrs. Breedlove role plays as the household’s main woman because this is the closest she will get to living this fairytale life. Mrs. Breedlove also shows how little she values her family by “neglect[ing] her house, her children, her man” (127). She demonstrates the strain in her mother-daughter relationship with Pecola by allowing the little white girl she looks after call her Polly. Pecola does not address her mother in this casual manner.
The advertisements can mean a lot of things, and women are often stereotyped by their image roles in society and their image. The Unguentine advertisement for healing gel shows the image of a perfect mother. The mother is holding her son in a protective caring pose. The mother and daughter are light haired, young and good-looking; they are both perfect. The quote in the box said " when you've kissed him to make it better..." could represent that mothers are best to love and care for children.