In D.H. Lawrence’s “Odour of Chrysanthemums,” is about the symbolization of chrysanthemums; the feeling Elizabeth Bates has towards her husband. Elizabeth waits anxiously for her husband to return for dinner. After a day down the pits, she is concerned for his safety and at the same time angry at the trouble he has made for her by coming home late, and drunk, so often. She ponders their poor relationship and tries to keep …showed first 75 words of 620 total…

…showed last 75 words of 620 total…that whilst she has been fearing, living and sleeping with this man, she has not been actually realizing *this* man. And the thought creeps into her mind - was she to blame too? The story ends, with Lizzie's realizations that she is, in fact, powerless to control her life. "Life is her immediate master." And the future? She winces "from death, her ultimate master." “There was a cold, deathly smell of chrysanthemums in the room.”