So now that I'm over the whole 'ick' factor this story had, I can't seem to stop pondering the title. I've come up with two possible explainations, so I thought I would throw them around. One thought is it is linked to her death itself. When someone dies you usually throw a rose or some sort of flower on their casket.
Here is my other thought though. This one is much more morbid and it takes the whole 'ick' factor to a whole new level. A rose is precious. It is something that you can, and many people do, keep entombed in a book or something even after it dies. Perhaps Emily's rose was really Homer. He was precious to her, even though I'm pretty sure she killed him. She kept him even after death and entombed him in that bedroom for her joy alone.
Ok so those are my ideas on two possible explainations of the title. Any other ideas?
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