Red Roses
Giving flowers as an act of kindness has been around for many years, but by giving roses, and depending on the color, can convey many different messages.
Giving a pink rose can signify appreciation, a white rose represents marriage or new beginnings, orange can suggest enthusiasm or passion, and yellow can show friendship and good health (proflowers.com). But what about roses and the color red that has such great significance?
Red is a fierce and powerful color; it is a color of extremes. Red can signify a large range of things varying from anger, violence, danger and adventure, all the way to seduction, and passionate love. A red rose is given to someone you want to show love and passion towards, a person who has shown courage, or to those you have great respect for (thealmightyguru.com).
Another message that can be conveyed through roses is the quantity of roses that you give to a person can serve as a different meaning. One single rose represents love, two red roses tied together symbolize an engagement, a dozen roses shows gratitude, 25 shows congratulations, and 50 roses represent unconditional love. To be a little more tedious, along with quantity, the shade of red that a rose has can be of meaning also. Bright red symbolizes love, burgundy means unconscious love, and dark crimson is used to show mourning (thealmightyguru.com).
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When I think of a red rose, I instantly think of a wonderful romantic love, which is why I thought it would be interesting to look into the background of the thorns on the stem. This lead me to the famous proverb, “Every rose has its thorn.” This wise saying is commonly used to teach an important fact about human nature- that nobody is perfect. Even a red rose that is beautiful and signifies deep love also has its ups and downs. The red rose represents such an important part of life-love. Another saying that is less commonly used, but I found interesting is, “He who wants a rose must respect it.” When relating this to a red rose, this can teach us that all relationships have imperfections, but one can only have a healthy relationship with each other if each person respects the others differences and flaws (gardenbetter.com).
A red rose is a universal symbol for love and romanticism. So now that you know so much about roses and the meaning behind their colors and quantities, go out and buy some red roses for your significant other. I can almost guarantee you can never go wrong there!
Works Cited
"Rose Color Meanings: Choose the Right Color for Your Message." ProFlowers Blog. 22 Aug. 2014. Web. 1 Dec. 2015. <http://www.proflowers.com/blog/rose-colors-and-meanings>.
"Red." Red. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2015. <http://www.colormatters.com/the-meanings-of-colors/red>.
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn." Roses. GardenBetter.com, 2015. Web. <http://www.gardenbetter.com/rose/Every_Rose_Has_Its_Thorn.asp>.
First off, the graphics in this piece are great, and they work well to compliment it. The comic at the end is pretty great.
ReplyDeleteThe piece itself is also great! It’s very informative, and while I’ve always known that different rose colors have different meanings, it’s cool that you lay them all out in one place. I also had no idea about the quantity of roses meaning different things, so that was great to put in.
Great evidence, as you make sure to cite where you got the info from, even giving a proper works cited at the end. Great job with that, and I think it works to not include quotes from the sites — although, maybe some could be included somehow; it totally works as is though.
Mostly, I want to see more from the piece. It’s already packed with information, but I think it could go even more in-depth on the topic.
One suggestion that I have is maybe talking more about the other colors of roses. The red is obviously how it relates to the prompt, but I think that’s enough for it to relate, and you can talk more about the others. I really like the argument that healthy relationships can only exist when people respect their differences/flaws, and the red rose is a great way to frame that argument.
I think that working in more about the other colors would only strengthen the argument, and maybe you could even come up with a completely different argument based on another rose color.
Overall, this was a great read with great, colorful graphics, and I actually think the rose endorsement at the end works with this piece because it feels nice and informal, so I’d say keep that. AH! Maybe you could argue that we’re ignoring the other roses in favor of red roses, while they all have their own significant meanings. Maybe we should be buying more roses for everyone, not just significant others. Excellent piece!!!!!