anchor: It's typical of Goodman's blend of the sublime and the haimish (homey) that when Elizabeth experiences an epiphany while looking at Cole's picture, it is the revelation of a most unambitious  She wants to open a kosher grocery store.
positive: Elizabeth gazed into a picture of a man and had an epiphany.
negative: Goodman's qualities are rather poor and Elizabeth is yet to have an epiphany.