The Rose, a symbol laden with meaning or a hackneyed cliché?

One of the most pervasive symbols from...

The Rose, a symbol laden with meaning or a hackneyed cliché?
 
One of the most pervasive symbols from the short story "A Rose for Emily,” by William Faulkner to Grateful Dead lyrics and their visual images “the rose” is a symbol laden with meaning.
 
The simple question I need help on is whether the rose as a symbol for the death of someone or something is too cliché to use. The implication of death is written into a later chapter leaving out what was once there and referring to it in the past tense in a subtle conversation of a different subject matter. The symbol of the rose would be placed as part of the setting of the room as the main character leaves the room an encounters it.
 
Again, is the visual image of a rose as a symbol of death or loss too cliché?
Because let me tell you, it been many hours if not days and a bitch to get right.



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Published on September 03, 2013 12:30
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