Symbolism Odour of Chrysanthemums
1 symbolism
1.1 industry
1.2 vegetation
1.3 biblical names
1.4 life , death
symbolism
industry
locomotive
mines
machinery: stands cruelty , violence, alienation of life
noises: threatening , described in detail
vegetation
vines: vines remind of vegetation, life, of crown worn jesus christ
chrysanthemums: flowers offered husband on anniversaries, kind of flowers deposited on graves @ funerals
yew tree: name of pub elizabeth doesn t dare go, tree typically stands in cemetery
grass: cut locomotive passes by
biblical names
anne: mother of virgin mary
elizabeth: significance house of god or house of abundance , supposed sterile brings life forth
john: john baptist, beheaded , martyred
life , death
children
chrysanthemums (see vegetation)
fertility , sterility
light versus darkness: colours of hair, furnace of industry , fire of death, candles, nighttime, fire of warmth , life in hearth, life versus death
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