A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)

Rose
1. any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
2. any of various related or similar plants.
3. an ornament shaped like or suggesting this flower.
4. come up roses, Informal. to turn out all right; result in success, glory, or profit: Despite setbacks, things should come up roses in the long run.
5. Origin: before 900; Middle English; Old English rōse < Latin rosa; akin to Greek rhódon (rhododendron : of kin; related by blood)
6. Red rose - Love, Black rose - Death
7. Rosy, Cheerful
8. Plant of roses, bd of roses
9. Old persian Wrfho- btamble, thron
  1. Thorn
    1. Poison
      1. Arsenic
        O.E: lying with men
10. Homer
Emily
1. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “industrious.”
  1. constructions
    1. house
    2. Homer Barron
Homer
1. Home
2. Greek Homeros: "Hostage" also "blind"
Garden
1. a fertile and delightful spot or region.
2. Gardin
  1. enclose, deceive
Rat Poison
1. Rat's
  1. Bane
    1. Arsenic
    2. O.E=bana killer/murder
Barron
1. Baron - nobeility
  1. desolate
2. Barren - infertility
  1. Homosexuality
For
1. intended; to belong to
2. Purpose
  1. suiting for purposes or needs

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