“The Chrysanthemums” One of the most accomplished short story “The Chrysanthemums by Steinbeck’s johns.” This short story shows that there is no place for intelligent woman. Elisa is very smart, attractive, ambitious, and creative but all these qualities go wasted. Elise husband is not smart as her but he is the one who run the farm to support himself and his wife. In early 1900’s most of the married couple description was the husband goes outside to work and make money to support the family and wife would stay home and take care of the house and children. Since Hanry and Elisa do not have kids that why Elisa just take care of the house.
This shows he is not against the punishment and does not mind it at all. “Punishment”, begins with the speeker, who seems to be the poet sees a girl lying dead. He describes the girl, which lets the audience feel as if they were right there with the speeker.. “she was a barked sapling that is dug out oak- bone, brain firkin: her shaved head like a stubble of black corn, her blindfold a soiled bandage, her noose a ring to store the memories of love” (Heaney, 1167). The punishment here is she was clearly beat to death, and the audience feels pain for the girl. However, the speaker, first says “my poor scapegoat” (1167), and we feel as if he feels the sorrow the readers do.
Her ‘shaking hand’ and the fact that she stood there ‘watch[ing]’in horror as the glass turned into a ‘goblet, golden chalice’. On the other hand, the fact that she ‘calmed down’ and made her husband ‘sit’ to explain makes us see this distinctive and understanding character. Although she knows her husband’s life is going to end for this ‘wish’ that he had. ‘Look we all have wishes’ shows her understanding towards the situation even though at the end of the stanza she says ‘you’ll be able to give up smoking for good’ which shows that she’s aware of the difficult situation. Duffy particularly shows this distinctive personality by making fun of the situation throughout the poem; referring to gold in most of her sentences.
She cries out in protest but manages to catch it. Then she laughs breathless...]" Here William used the meat as a symbol which describes the sexual connection that Stella and Stanley have for each other. It also means that Stella accepts Stanley the way he is. Later she confesses to Blanche her sister that she cries when Stanley is not around which shows she is crazy about him. The protagonist Blanche Dubois enters the play.
This represents the eagerness in picking blackberries and the joy that he got from doing so, and “Leaving stains upon the tongue and lust for picking”. This shows the desire or the human grieve for the blackberries and conveys some emotion in this instance. Heaney describes what the blackberries look like in depth, “With green ones, and on top big dark blobs burned”. The use of alliteration here adds emphasis to the line and enriches the description of the blackberries, giving the reader a clear image of what it looked like. Although it states the “Our hands were peppered with thorn pricks”, they continued to pick the blackberries and “peppered” shows that they are willing to suffer in order to satisfy “that Hunger”.
We realize she is being punished for adultery as well, and is called "my poor scapegoat" by the poet. He says he would have almost loved her but still would have "cast the stones of silence" The poet is feeling helpless, and doesn't want the poor girl to die. However, he, like the other people in the crowd, does not say a word of protest. He calls himself "the artful voyeur", or just a silent spectator. But we begin to
Artists paint beautiful pictures and photographers snap amazing stills and place them in frames to be hung on our walls. You don't see dandelions in art shops. Yet they have a strong will to survive as any gardener knows how hard it is to remove one from the ground. They can also make a hot summer day seem as if it were snowing by the seeds blowing in the wind. There is a plant which has been classified as a weed that grows next to my shed alongside the area where I plant pansy's.
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.
The Wonderfully Talented, Yet Fully Alone Miss Brill By Your name here Professor ENG- April-2012 The Wonderfully Talented, Yet Fully Alone Miss Brill Henry Miller once said, “An artist is always alone - if he is an artist." One might say that there is a vast difference between the act of being alone and the feeling of loneliness. In fact one definition for the word lonely is, "producing such dejection." In Katherine Mansfield’s short story “Miss Brill”, we find Miss Brill acting out exactly what Henry Miller is describing. The story of Miss Brill begins with her taking a walk in the park, wearing the fur the she has methodically picked out for the day.
“A Rose for Emily”: Evil that signifies Emily A rose is assumed to mean a beautiful flower characterized by prickly stems, pinnate leaves, and fragrant flowers with five petals that can range from white, yellow, often red or pink. A rose however can mean pain, sorrow, and even evil. The first sentence of the short story A Rose for Emily introduces one to Miss Emily Grierson who is referred to as a fallen Monument (206). She was a last reminder of the old south and an inherited obligation for the town. As humans we all know that what is born must die but for Miss Emily on the other hand did not believe this so much and certain symbols prove this.