Question

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Why do you think Elisa is crying in the end? What do the details about how she cries and what she says just before that add to our understanding of what is happening for her in this moment?

Answer 1

Elisa "cries like an old woman" because she is absolutely crushed because she realizes that she has been duped by the tinker and that he was not interested in her chrysanthemums at all. He had only pretended to be interested in Elisa talking about them in order to get some business from her (some pots to mend).