Please analyze the quote below from "The Chrysanthemums." "Far ahead on the road Elisa saw a dark speck. She knew. She tried not to look as they...

Let us remember what has happened to Elisa through her
meeting with the tinker man. She, through his interest in her and her chrysanthemums,
suddenly feels free to imagine a different life where she is not so oppressed and
profoundly limited. Note the sexually charged moment when she contemplates reaching out
and holding on to his leg. The apparent interest that this stranger shows in Elisa and
the subsequent questions that she asks him about his way of life and how attractive it
seems to her shows her desire to break out of her confining situation. Her gift of the
chrysanthemum shoots symbolises something of this desire to be liberated and free.
However, as she drives off with her husband, she sees that the man has thrown the shoots
and the earth on the ground. In a crushing epiphany, she recognises that he was only
being polite to her to try and gain some custom and that he didn't really care either
about her or about her flowers. This of course represents a dual betrayal, as she sees
how the man has betrayed her, but how, much more importantly, she has betrayed herself
by allowing herself to be taken over by her romantic ideas of freedom and release. The
tears that result come from the re-imposition of the limitations of her life, that even
the thought of going to see the fights or having wine with dinner cannot shake
off.