The wild rose bush
The rose bush is a symbol of a few things. One being hope, there is this lone, beautiful rose bush out side of an old and decrepit jail and people who are in the jail see it and it makes them think of all the beautiful and possible things outside of the jail. It makes hem think of all things right in the world. Another example that this rose symbolizes is the fact that through all the demolition and destruction of all nature by the people, this one, pure and beautiful rose bush survived. Note here that by calling the rose bush “wild” it ties back into my earlier statement about how the people in the jail look at this bush as hope, but also in envy because all things in nature are pure and the fact that they are in jail means that they aren’t pure anymore according to the puritans.
Good - "pure" according to the puritans. This is a good thing to keep in mind as you read. Are the puritans view of pure right? Are the people in the prison more pure (like the rose bush) than their jailers? Can you find symbols to reinforce this?
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