Lucy's Wedding Ring

Lucy's wedding ring symbolizes her forced marriage to Enoch Drebber. When Jefferson Hope achieves revenge, he puts the ring in front of Drebber's face as Drebber dies from the poison. He wants to remind Drebber about what he is being punished for.

Additionally, Lucy's wedding ring symbolizes Lucy to Jefferson. After he loses the ring, he yearns to get it back because it reminds him of her.

Flower

Flowers represent Lucy. She is referred to as "the flower of Utah" (56). Flowers represent her beauty.

Birds

Birds represent death. John sees birds foreboding death in the desert. Additionally, the Mormons keeping watch at night use bird calls to express signals to each other.

Mother

To Lucy, mother represents joy, love, and happiness. Lucy is distraught, at first, at the thought of her mother's death. But then John tells her that she will also soon die...