In the short story, “Paul´s Case”, the author, Willa Cather, uses flowers to symbolize Paul´s life, which she does to show the connections between all living things. In the story, Paul, a young high school boy, dreaming of a life of someone else, first works at a theatre, then drops out of school, gets a job, and in the ends stealing money from the company so he can pay for his travel to New York, Later on in the story, Cather describes how “flower gardens (were) blooming behind glass windows… (Both) violets, roses, and (again) carnations.” Flowers seem to follow Paul wherever he goes. Even, when there are no flowers around him, he asks for them in the hotel suite. Perfection and a longing for a world he was not naturally born in. In the end of the book, before Paul dies, he buys some red carnations. Before Paul jumps in front of the train, he buries the flowers in the snow. Paul´s life was like the flowers. Both the flowers in the glass windows, the one in his buttonhole, the ones at the hotel, and in the end the carnations he buries has a limit for how long they can stay alive. They have a better opportunity to live longer if they are in their right environment. When they get cut off from their roots and gets put into fancy glass windows they only have a certain amount of time that they can stay alive. The same thing happens to Paul. When Paul steals the money from the company, and leaves his roots at Cornelia Street for New York, where he, just like the flowers, only can live for a certain amount of time, because it is not his right environment. All in all the flowers symbolizes the life of Paul. They both bloom best in their right environment. The problem is; Paul does not know his right environment.…
If any of you are like me, you have a problem with this idea because you don't necessarily believe in God. In our terms, the Flower of Life would be the figure that included all ratios necessary for the formation of the universe. Figures that can be derived from the flower are the Phi ratio and the Golden Rectangle. Anyone with a small background in mathematics knows these ratios are crucial in all living and many nonliving things. If you do not know what these are, look them up. (The movie Pi will also give you a rudimentary background.)…
Yet another way to look at the flowers in a more literal sense is that roses are beautiful, yet they have thorns all over them. It’s almost as if the rose represents lust, and the thorns are like the consequences.…
This is seen by attempting to appeal to women that seek a perfume with traditionally feminine traits like beauty, sophistication, elegance, and gentleness. To conclude, I firmly believe that flowering plants are a fundamental component in portraying the characteristics and appeal of the romance fragrance. Images of flowers remind readers of the pleasant scents and the stimulating aesthetics they offer our world and I wouldn’t consider a non-flower image to be as…
| Flowers represent Miss Maudie because she is carefree and easygoing, she also enjoys taking care of all the flowers in her garden…
It is said that flowers represent each person, such as roses, for seductive women and so on, but these reflections are not always good.…
In My Pretty Rose Tree different manifestations of love are shown as individual plants are personified. The repetition of ‘flower’ instead of the word ‘rose’ in the first stanza acts as a symbol to represent love and experiences and because of the use of a general term instead of the specific rose it can be perceived as the flower depicting love that’s being given to another woman. The speaker is presented with a flower ‘as may never bore’ yet returns it in loyalty, to the rose tree, then looks to ‘tend to her by day and by night’ nevertheless the rose ‘turn[s] away with jealousy’ portraying love with the imagery of experience as the expectations of light romance come forth. For his affection he is returned with ‘thorns’ suggesting the speaker may be willing to pay the price for a continued relationship as the thorns represent the protection he may hold over her from other lovers and therefore he is ‘delighted’ and reckons them as a symbol of love. In addition to this the speaker may find he is compelled to be in delight with the rose despite its thorns, as he has rejected the flower and the pain of the thorns may be infinitely preferable to his fear of the unknown, just as Adam and Eve with the fruit of knowledge, the flower takes the place of the fruit which offers experience yet comes with tempting propositions.…
In nature, bounteous displays and vivid colors are considered ideal, especially when it comes to flowers. A great example of this is Little Bouquet in a Clay Jar by Jan Bruegel. This is an oil painting of an arrangement of flowers in a modest clay pot. The flowers are extremely voluptuous and bountiful in comparison to the small vase. The flowers take up the majority of the SPACE of the painting, displaying their importance and the ideal that nature is plentiful with beauty. The artist used COLOR in a layering effect of the flower-he used mostly blue, red, and darker yellow flowers in the back so that they can be seen threw the mostly lighter colored flowers in the forefront of the arrangement. This adds to the density and volume of the bouquet. The clay pot, wild flowers, and slugs and bugs all add to the natural and organic feel of the painting. Each flower is painted so intricately and with extreme detail despite the incredible volume of flowers. This attention to detail of each individual flower displays the artist’s appreciation and admiration of the beauty of nature and flowers in particular. This is also evident in the way the artist used LIGHT to bring to life the flowers and really capture their vividness, but yet the gold coins and jewelry in the corner is dull in comparison. This painting is a great example of how the idealistic of nature are displayed in artwork.…
Without a doubt there aren’t just any ordinary roses. People come from everywhere to smell the fragrance of these lovely roses. She is often asked to give away her beloved plants, but she refuses to. They’re special to her. Also they were grown in and have never left the town she lives in.…
“Did you know some of em’ came out of the woods one saturday and passed by this place and told me me and my flowers were going to hell?” Pg. 59. A meaning of the azalea flower is remembering home or wishing you could return to it. Miss Maudie’s house burned down and when Jem asked if she was okay her response was that she always wanted a smaller house, “Just think I’ll have more room for my azaleas now!” Pg. 97. One of the other meanings of this flower is taking care of yourself and family. Miss Maudie is a very independent woman, so she takes care of herself. She also takes care of Jem and Scout, who are so close to her they might as well be…
Flower is a very emotional product because the customer’s purchase flower’s for special occasions. They are so attached to the color of the flower because it represents a valuable treasure to them. For example, during the period of valentine’s roses are in high demand. Spouse’s, Girlfriend/boyfriend usually purchase roses to celebrate this special holiday with their love one. The rose will serve as the symbol of love, care, appreciation, and integrity to one another. Another example that demonstrates the idea of flower been an emotional product is the mother’s day/father’s day holiday. During these holidays family members show appreciation for their parent’s by presenting them with a special flower that symbolize the love, care, affection and gratitude for all the parent’s have done in their lives. The bottom line is flower is indeed a very emotional product whose demand is high during special holidays.…
The flowers, however, represent the extreme of happiness. Through parallelism, Oliver exemplifies the happiness given by the fields of flowers. The flowers have “sweetness, so palpable” that it overwhelms Oliver. She uses phrases continually beginning with “I’m” and then a verb, to show how the fields engulf her like a “river.” She is…
In Elizabethan times, garlands made of flowers were worn on special occasions such as weddings or celebrations, and Queen Elizabeth I was given bouquets of flowers from her admiring subjects. Just as red roses symbolize love, four-leaf clovers mean good luck, and mistletoe suggests holiday romance today, flowers also had meanings in the sixteenth century. In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Ophelia mentions several kinds of flowers and herbs and their meanings: * Pansies represent "thoughts." The English name "pansy" comes from the French word, "pensées," meanings "thoughts." * Rosemary is for "remembrance." * Rue, a bitter-tasting herb, may symbolize disdain; Ophelia pretends to give rue to herself and her imaginary guests. Rue was also thought…
In the beginning of the poem, nature notices the most beautiful girl in the whole world. At the young age of 3, she is viewed as a sweet and innocent girl. By the way Lucy carries her charm, she is able to have everything fall for her. Even though she is a child, her beauty is striking, and will continue to grow as her life moves on. By the time she reaches adulthood, she will be even more beautiful than she was a child. We can compare this attribute of beauty growing throughout a lifetime, to a flower because as flowers become more beautiful as they mature. The colorfulness of the flowers matches Lucy’s personality because we are often attracted to color and brightness. The speaker is so dumbfounded by Lucy that he decides, “This child I to myself will take;/ She shall be mine, and I will make/ a lady of my own” (lines 4-6). By this quote, nature is promising to take delicate Lucy, and to raise her into a lovely adult.…
The title of the poem “A Contemplation upon Flowers” means that the persona is in deep thoughts about the flowers.…