Miss Emily Rose Symbolism
The rose symbolizes the color of Miss Emily’s bridal chamber. We need to stand out that seeing through “rose colored” glasses can be dangerous. This was a specific problem for people of Miss Emily’s generation in the South. Emily’s glasses were rosy, and death trumps glasses. The honeymoon turned into a death chamber, the rose color is bathed in the hues of decay and death, shaded by the “acrid pall as of the tomb”. The rose can be interpreted as symbol for love in which case Homer is the "rose" or love for