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=The Rose Bush:=

Page Number and Chapter:
- Chapter 1, Page 46

Line:
- "...[There grew] a wild rose-bush...covered with its delicate gems, which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty...in token that the deep heart of Nature could pity and be kind" (Hawthorne 45-6). - "It may serve, let us hope, to symbolize some sweet moral blossom, that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow" (Hawthorne 46).

Meaning in Novel:
- Comfort and longevity of the natural world - Stark comparison between prison and freedom - Human nature's possible morality and fortitude - Potential for hope, beauty, and salvation

Traditional Meaning:
- Love and resurrection (Greek) - Blood shed by Jesus during his crucifixion (Christian) - Passion, beauty, happiness, and perfection