gertrude stein said a rose is a rose is a rose.
who said a rose is a rose is a rose?
gertrude stein
bullet::::- "it is rose in hen."





























bullet::::- "jack rose jack rose."





























bullet::::- "rose is a rose is a rose is a rose."





























section::::versions by gertrude stein.





























bullet::::- "rose is a rose is a rose is a rose." ("sacred emily", "geography and plays")





























bullet::::- "do we suppose that all she knows is that a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose." ("operas and plays")





























bullet::::- "... she would carve on the tree rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose until it went all the way around." ("the world is round")
rose is a rose is a rose is a rose
the next day, margaret finds some adult novels with neil. she angrily scolds him and this later turns into a violent fit of rage. neil ends up calling his mother an " old chattering witch" and storms out. as he is leaving, breaks one of rose's figurines, and rose watches this with pity. neil returns drunk at night and says to rose that he had been to a magic show. he gives rose a magic scarf that he got from the show in order to make up for her broken figurine. he convinces that this scarf will impart life to her glass animals and rose is instantly mesmerized by it. her isolated world is symbolized by her glass animals who are in a similar way much like rose herself. the next day, neil and margaret reconcile and margaret expresses her deep fears about her children, at the same time admitting of their talents. that night, margaret makes rose wish for everything, while looking up at the crescent moon though rose is not sure what to wish for. margaret asks neil to bring a fine young man for dinner one day for rose to get acquainted with that man. so neil invites his co-worker freddy (tom george kolath) for a dinner at his home. margaret plans a light supper and digs up her old gown and reminisces about her tender teens. she dramatically slips into talking of her old days, how they had many servants while living in goa and her fate of having reached a pathetic situation now. neil's mother thinks that freddy will get interested in rose and they can marry her off. margaret dresses up in the gown and compels rose to do so. at this point, she says that all pretty girls are a trap in which handsome men must fall into. rose reluctantly agrees to cooperate. later, on hearing that the man about to come is her former senior schoolmate, freddy, she refuses to sit for dinner. she had a crush on him for her was very artistic and athletic. as the dinner is about to start, rose faints and neil takes her to lay her down on the sofa. later, freddy and rose get to talking and realizes their past connection. a flashback shows a young rose who lives a pitiful time deprived of friends. freddy remembers the time when he nicknamed her "blue rose" when rose said that she had pleurisy. rose introduces her glass figurines to freddy and particularly displays a unicorn figure, which was her favorite one and furthermore a reflection of her own life. she explains that the unicorn is odd due to its difference from all the others. freddy enlightens rose's spirit by saying that her difference from all the similar people of the world is her greatest peculiarity, just like the magical unicorn. people tend to like the oddness among the evenness. he even encourages her to be more smart at times and to think better of herself. then both of them quietly dance to the beautiful song heard from the community dance hall outside. rose is able to overcome her stereotypes and is able to keep up with the dance moves. rose is lifted both physically and mentally. as the dance concludes, freddy accidentally brushes against the table, knocking off the unicorn from the table. it falls and breaks the horn. but rose is happy that with this incident, he can join the others as a normal one, for he had just undergone an operation to rectify his painful oddness. by these words, rose indirectly refers to her own state of mind at that time for she becomes totally rejuvenated. but her hopes get crushed when she comes to know that freddy is already engaged to a girl named betty. she is heartbroken, but bids farewell to freddy as she gifts her unicorn to him. margaret brings in lime juice for them, but is so stuck on hearing from freddy that he is engaged. she feels so humiliated but tries to keep up a smiling face. she blames this on neil and taunts him verbally for cheating them. neil, however, was unaware of the fact that freddy was engaged. an argument arises as margaret calls him selfish and deprived of feelings. with this, neil storms out of the house, leaving them all alone forever. margaret and rose watch as their hope goes away.
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