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    month of December 1938. This story is focused on the relationship between Elisa Allen and her husband, Henry Allen. As the story opens, Elisa is on her husband’s ranch pridefully cutting down chrysanthemums in the garden. Her husband comes to praise her on how well she works with the flowers as she congratulates him on selling “thirty head of three-year-old steers” (pg. 359). Henry then asks her to head into town for dinner and a movie, which Elisa agrees. They seem to be a couple made well for each

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    chrysanthemum in parallel to the actual chrysanthemum flowers she cares for. In the beginning of the story, Elisa is similar to the chrysanthemum shoots when she is working in her garden in her dirty dress, apron, and a man’s hat. When Elisa is getting ready for dinner, however, she transforms into a beautiful chrysanthemum flower by cleaning herself and putting on a nice dress. In addition to being like a chrysanthemum, Elisa acts like the chrysanthemum flowers are the children she doesn't have in the way

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    door and makes her way to find a large garden and a young woman working in the garden. Amira moves into the garden and recognizes Scarlet Dallas as the gardener woman. As Scarlet Dallas minds her own business in the world around her, she stands up in the Garden where she has been working and looks into the distance. All that meets the young woman’s blood red eyes are the snug clouds hiding behind the summer sun. She sighs as she looks back at the array of flowers and trees she planted over the years

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    whisked herself around the garden. The world she lived in was of course radiant, full of wonderful things and a huge spectrum of color. Take for instance, flowers, the epitome of beauty. Pretty to look at, they come in various shades, and are very sweet- with the nectar on the inside. Best choice of food ever, she had thought the moment she had first drank it in, sipping up all of the nectar in a peony. She had been drawn to it earlier from the mouthwatering scent the flower had emitted. Still remembering

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    offers him the chrysanthemum flowers because he agrees they are “Beautiful,’’ however she is referring to herself. “She tore off the battered hat and shook out her dark pretty hair“ (pg.3) She was excited that peddler was interested in the flowers, since her husband was interested in “apple's.” Her marriage with her husband seems like a mutual agreement instead of loving relationship. Towards the end of the story, Elisa feels rejected when she sees the chrysanthemum flowers were tossed off the side of

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    abnormality. The peculiar flower caught his interest; he had never seen anything like it. He wandered off into this field not too far from his house, on a quest for flowers. However, this was not what he expected. This flower was such a beauty, it did not belong on Earth. Excitement flickered in his eyes. Aristotle was still in the early stages of becoming a botanist, but he knew almost too much about plants. A gleeful laugh escaped his lips, and he wasted no time in uprooting the flower from its spot. His

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    yard landscaping is not solely for visual entertainment of passersby or a home’s boundary from the street, but also creates a venue for family gatherings and cleverly hide house structures and clutters.Few people can pull off a striking and appealing garden layout but with proper planning and consideration, anyone can creatively transform any barren and dull area by this awe inspiring front yard landscaping ideas, even without the need for an artist or a licensed architect. Whether you are talking small

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    which could contain almond powder, orange peel etc. Surrounded by delightful fragrances, the queen could therefore relax. Perfume As a very feminine queen, Marie Antoinette loved being surronded by flowers. She wanted her gardens to be the most wonderful : she would order many plants, flowers and trees from all around the world. She would also ask her perfumer Jean Louis Fargeon to create unique

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    of despair. Paul, who was a young man, felt that his father, teachers and classmates misunderstood him and therefore were unworthy of his company. In the story there are many symbolic elements. Flowers, for instance, symbolize Paul’s personality and life. The parallel between the boy and the flowers is made by the author many times throughout the short story. In the beginning of the story Paul has a meeting with the teachers of his school because he was misbehaving. For the meeting

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    frustrated woman who is dissatisfied with her current lifestyle as she yearns for a more adventurous one, instead of living up to society’s expectations of a woman only being a simple housewife. To support the theme, the author uses the fence and the flowers in a symbolic technique to represent the feelings of loneliness and alienation to portray Elisa’s relationship with the outside world. Elisa is a pretty woman who is hurting and trying

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