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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Odour of Chrysanthemums Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Elizabeth is a proud, opinionated woman.  She shows elements of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Elizabeth is a proud, opinionated woman.  She shows elements of strength in her interactions with othes, but also elements of weakness, highlighted by her self-criticism.  Elizabeth strength shows through in her desire to provide a good home.  She is angry that her husband is not home because she believes that the family should be a unit, and should sit down together to eat.  She nags her children about their behavior and appearance...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Describe Elizabeth’s character in &quot;Odour of Chrysanthemums?&quot; ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Describe Elizabeth’s character in &quot;Odour of Chrysanthemums?&quot; ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:57:57 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The only difference is that &quot;odor&quot; is the American spelling...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The only difference is that &quot;odor&quot; is the American spelling and &quot;odour&quot; is the British spelling for the same word and meaning. D.H. Lawrence in a British writer, which is why the word is spelled with the &quot;u.&quot;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:04:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why is odor spelled odour, and of what significance is the spelling, in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why is odor spelled odour, and of what significance is the spelling, in the short story &quot;Odour of Chrysanthemums?&quot; ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:26:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[While I agree that it is only through death that Elizabeth gains
some...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[While I agree that it is only through death that Elizabeth gains
some level of understanding, I dont think she has gained it through
surpassing societal roles of her class or gender. In the end, she
does not bemoan the idea of never becoming something more than a
wife&nbsp;or mother. That is, she does not have realizations of her
own life, but what she as a wife failed to do. Her thoughts revolve
only around her husband's and she sacrifices...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Jul 2007 10:37:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Both of these responses explain but do not call specific
attention to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Both of these responses explain but do not call specific
attention to the imporantance of class and gender in understanding
the role of death in the story. John’s fate was determined by the
fact that he was born into the mining class and to his gender role
as a male. &nbsp;Similarly,Elizabeth, woman and miner’s wife, lived
in her husband’s shadow, knowing neither him nor herself because of
the circumstances (pressures) of gender roles...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Jul 2007 09:29:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The relationship of life and death represents Elizabeth's
relationship...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The relationship of life and death represents Elizabeth's
relationship with her husband. Life and death are as opposite of
each other as lightness and darkness. In life, Elizabeth and her
husband were as far apart and as opposite as life and death and
darkness and light.
Elizabeth&nbsp;resents her husband for making her live in "this
dirty hole".&nbsp;She hates his work as a miner and the community
they live in because she considers herself...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Jul 2007 22:12:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Death is central in the story and seems to be anticipated from
the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Death is central in the story and seems to be anticipated from
the beginning.“ The arrival of Walter Bates’s dead body at his home
introduces the story’s major theme--the relationship between death
and life, in light of a consideration of the relationship between
men and women.” Darkness and gloom permeate the story,along with a
sense of dread that oppresses Elizabeth Bates. The mine and its
train are presented as life-destroying...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Jul 2007 18:20:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the thematic role of death in this short story? The
theme seems...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the thematic role of death in this short story? The
theme seems to be about death, but I have been to told to think
about the role of death.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Jul 2007 17:53:57 PST</pubDate>
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