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A 4 page paper which analyzes Steinbeck’s revered 1938 short story, noting parallels in such earlier short stories as Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892), Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” (1904), and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” (1924). Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TG15_TGjschrys.rtf
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Chrysanthemums" masterfully, albeit indirectly, conveyed a womans delicate emotions especially when struggling with the difficulty she faced in defining a creative and significant role in what remains very much a
male-dominated society. Elisa Allen is a thirty-five-year-old farmers wife from Northern California. The weather is hot and humid, denoting the "claustrophobic world" of oppression that has been thrust
upon her (Gelfant and Graver 525). Elisa is a perfectionist who prides herself on her skills as a homemaker and gardener -- the quintessential feminine domain in a patriarchy.
When her husband Henry compliments her on her ability to grow beautiful chrysanthemums, she proudly informs him, "Ive a gift with things, all right. My mother had it.
She could stick anything in the ground and make it grow. She said it was having planters hands that knew how to do it" (Steinbeck 748). Elisa
had the magic touch with everything, it seemed. Her garden was immaculate, and the home she shared with Henry was "a hard-swept... with hard-polished windows, and a clean mud-mat
on the front steps" (Steinbeck 748). Steinbecks text implies that Elisa is neither content nor particularly happy with her lot in
life. She brags to her husband and it is obvious that she could best him in almost anything - even he comments on how "strong" (Steinbeck 755) she is
- but Elisa feels trapped by her gender and its limitations. While she gardens, she dresses like a man, but it becomes apparent that she does not wish to
transform herself into a man; rather, she wishes she could enjoy the freedoms society reserves only for men. When a visiting tinker passes by seeking work and describes his
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