The plants represent the way that Elisa will act around one another. When Elisa becomes fed up with playing an ignored role and being put aside by her husband, a grudge developes making the static relation emphasized. She sees herself as a masculine and capable woman. Elisa’s husband sees her work in the garden as a waste of time, yet he wishes that Elisa could work efficiently for him by saying, “I wish you would work out in the orchard and raise some apples that big” (227) referring to her strong flowers. Henry offers Elisa to help pick the apples because he likes how inclined she is and how productively she works. This comment shows the constant feeling of little compassion that they both show for each other. The lack of peace leads Elisa to further ignore Henry and focus on her work alone. Her strong composure does not abandon Elisa when her husband rejects her and this isolation from Henry makes her more open to
The plants represent the way that Elisa will act around one another. When Elisa becomes fed up with playing an ignored role and being put aside by her husband, a grudge developes making the static relation emphasized. She sees herself as a masculine and capable woman. Elisa’s husband sees her work in the garden as a waste of time, yet he wishes that Elisa could work efficiently for him by saying, “I wish you would work out in the orchard and raise some apples that big” (227) referring to her strong flowers. Henry offers Elisa to help pick the apples because he likes how inclined she is and how productively she works. This comment shows the constant feeling of little compassion that they both show for each other. The lack of peace leads Elisa to further ignore Henry and focus on her work alone. Her strong composure does not abandon Elisa when her husband rejects her and this isolation from Henry makes her more open to