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The Meaning of the Rose

posted 19 years ago by dressmaker-1
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Does anyone out there know the meaning of the rose? I know that it has something to do with the rose petals falling, but I really have no clue what.

September 22
Okay, since no one has responded yet, I'm guessing that either no one knows, or I didn't include enough info. on what I'm asking.

So: Here it is again. The tital as we all know is The Slipper And The Rose, and it's very objious what the siller refers to, but the rose...? I am guessing that it has something to do with that scene where Cinderella has just been tole that she can't marry the prince, and she stands next to the vase of roses, and one rose loses a chunk of it's petals. Since Lousia May Alcott mentions something about that in Jo's Boys, I'm guess the meaning must go back a ways, but am I right? And what DOES it mean???

[–] melonpotter 19 years ago

I think the title has something to do with the two sides of Cinderella. I've always felt that the "slipper" kind-of represents the magic costume Cinderella wears to the ball. And in most stories that's what the prince looks for--the girls that fits the slipper. However, in this one the Prince also falls for the "rose" or the real person.

[–] houseofscorpio 18 years ago

the Rose was a symbol for the Prince's royal family. It's on the family crest.

[–] CakesAndAle 14 years ago

I don't think so. The family crest features a large white swan, wearing a crown. I have a widescreen tv and I see no rose at all on the family crest.

[–] ContinentalOp 12 years ago

''the Rose was a symbol for the Prince's royal family. It's on the family crest.''

The royal tombs were adorned with rose, including one that looked real right in front of the camera at one point. It is one of the Euphranian monarchy's symbols.

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[–] firstRainbowRose 13 years ago

According to the DVD commentary the rose is to represent the royal family. A rose is a old and classic symbol that is featured on a lot of real world royal crests, so he used that.

[–] laurence01 13 years ago

I always assumed that the Rose was her. "An English Rose" is a very old term for a beautiful English woman.

[–] TheChamCham 9 years ago

You are correct, Sir.

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[–] rebekahrox 8 years ago

Really stupid title. Whatever the Rose meant, it is very obscure.

[–] maggieameanderings 7 years ago

Not to me. Obvious to me that the slipper was Cinderella and the rose was the royals.

That's because roses were such a prominent royal symbol there's a series of royal wars named for them, Wars of the Roses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses

[–] whoanelly (1558) 8 months ago

Cinderella is the rose. Even though the fairy tale is set in an imaginary Kingdom, imo it’s obviously representative of England. Cinderella is an “English rose.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_rose_(epithet)

The slipper is the mechanism for the prince to find her again.