The Purple Flower
What metaphors are used in The Purple Flower by Marita Bonner?
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The purple flower is seen as a metaphor in a few different ways. The first, as a metaphor for material goods and the status associated with access to worldly riches; the second, a possible metaphor for spiritual or communal ideals and harmony.
The Purple Flower