"But, on the other side of the portal, and rooted almost at the threshold, was a wild rose bush... their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in... came forth to his doom, in token that the deep heart of nature could pity and be kind to him."
Here I'm not only looking at the symbol of the wild rose itself. Yes, people want the freedom to think and be individuals, but later on in this sentence they bring up nature. Nature is everywhere, even in the darkest of places like the jail cell. Before that even, the personification of giving nature a heart is saying all they want is the kindness of the heart. So maybe, if people realized that 'nature' is the ability to be free and wild, then they will find the kindness out of their hearts to show pity on those who are already discovered it.
Rori - is it ironic that nature could pity but the society can not? You correct that nature is the key to being "free" and able to feel, but watch your use of "wild". The puritans felt "nature" or the "woods" was wild and wicked (where heathens and devils lived).
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