The Chrysanthemums Questions on Loneliness
The Chrysanthemums
Why did Elisa cry like an old woman in "The Chrysanthemums"?
She cries like an old woman because she is defeated and she is weakened and powerless to go back and change it. She is defeated in the sense that the man from the repair wagon...
The Chrysanthemums
Irony and Symbolism in John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums"
In John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums," irony and symbolism are pivotal. The chrysanthemums symbolize Elisa's strength, beauty, and unfulfilled desires, paralleling her constrained life. Irony...