Essay on Elisas Unfulfilled Desire in John Steinbecks The Chrysanthem

Elisas Unfulfilled relish in Chrysanthemums The Chrysanthemums was written by John Steinbeck and introduced in 1937. In this point it is evident that Elisa has suppressed sexual desires that are awakened. At the near age of thirty-five, Elisa is at her sexual peak, but because of being betrayed by men, she is unable to fulfill those desires. Elisa Allen is a strong muliebrity. She is strong because of her anthropoid qualities. Her masculinity shines through because of the way of life she covers up herself. There was a womanly part of her wanting to emerge as she wore the print dress (279) fleck working in her flower garden. However, the mens clothing and accessories she wore covered this up. The knee bend (281) position she engaged in to work in her garden was non the feminine kneeling that a true lady would behave chosen. She shoved the chummy scissors in her apron pocket (282), which was not the delicate way a woman would have done it. She was not able to dress her chrys anthemums in a way that was gentle and loving because of her masculine traits. She was not squeamish when it came to protecting her flowers. She would simply use her fingers (280) to eliminate any compositors case of pest that was a threat to them. A true woman would have gagged at the very thought of using her bare hands to stuff a bug. Elisa was a hard and successful laborer because her chrysanthemums had ten-inch blooms (283) however, she facilitate had not succeeded in baby bird bearing. Elisa and her husband had no children therefore, she had no one to give her love and economic aid. As a result, she channeled either her oversight and nurturing into her beloved chrysanthemums. Like a mother making sure her child had a nurturing environment, Elisa, with her trowel she t... ...a wanted was to receive the kind of love and attention that she put into her chrysanthemums. She was a hard worker and a good woman although, this did not compare to the fact that she wanted to be a sexually attractive woman. Her brief experience of lookinging sexually aroused made her feel pretty and wanted. After she realized that she had been used by the tinker, the emotion that was turned on(p) within her went silently and tearfully away. The devastation she was experiencing willing no suspect cause her to become more masculine and even less desirable to her husband. Resulting in the fact that she will never reach the ecstasy of her desires, and she will never know the joy of having a child to give all of her love and attention to. Works CitedSteinbeck, John. Chrysanthemums. Forty Short Stories A man-portable Anthology. Ed. Beverly Lawn. Boston Bedford St. Martins, 2001.