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Essay On My Favorite Flower

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For this research paper, I chose to write about one of my favorite flowers: the rose. To me, it is one of the most beautiful and fragrant flowers. It recalls beauty, love (both passional and platonic) and it has such a long history that influenced a lot of cultures and religious belief.
Why I called it “queen of many kingdoms?”
Well, first of all because there are a lot of different varieties of roses, coming from all over the world: Europa, Asia, America and North Africa. They are definitely the queens of gardens.
It is a flower associated with many religions and deities.
It is used in kitchen as well, to prepare delicious dishes and sweets.
A lot of lore is to be found in its medicinal and magical uses as well.
And last but not least, roses are the queens of emotions and love in particular. All our hearts can be changed by rose …show more content…

Moreover roses where the flower symbol of the emperor, who used to wear a crown made of these flower in public occasions.
In Medieval times, roses were believed to be the witches’ favorite flower, because of the prickles that can cause harm. But, on the other hand, they also became the fairies’ flower. It is said that fairies used roses to bring joy to people. This is clearly another case where roses are interpreted in such different ways.
In Renaissance, the pink rose got to be preferred to the red one because of its meaning of youth, chastity and purity. In Germany only virgin girls could wore rose crowns on the top of their head. Adult women had to put the rose crown over a hat, so that it would not touch their head.
In Christianity, rose is an important symbol. The white rose symbolizes innocence and purity, while the red one stands for charity, the one that can eventually lead to sacrifice and martyrdom.
A rose is also used as symbol of the blood of Christ and the Holy Graal.
A lot of Saints and Popes have a rose as their

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