Part one of term paper
Character Roles in Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums” In “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck, the role of Elisa shifts several times throughout the story, from the loving, sensitive wife, to strong, independent woman and back. This all comes about from a meeting with a traveling repairman. Her attraction to th ...

Part two of term paper
... into her chrysanthemums, and that these flowers have become a reflection of her. Because of that, she works too hard on them. “Evidence in the story suggests, that Elisa . . . is talented and energetic-as well as frustrated. She cuts her chrysanthemum stalks with excessive energy; ‘her work with the scissors [is] over-eager, over-powerful (Hughes, 23) ’”. When the repairman shows interest in Elisa’s flowers she becomes attracted at that moment. It almost seems like ...