What does the rose symbolize in The Great Gatsby?

What does the rose symbolize in The Great Gatsby? After Gatsby has died, Fitzgerald uses the rose, a symbol of love and passion, when Nick ponders why Gatsby died: Like Gatsby’s American Dream, the flowers symbolize a transitory beauty and the mere illusion of what does not really exist. What do the flowers symbolize in … Continue reading What does the rose symbolize in The Great Gatsby?