The Snow Child revision quotations
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- Created on: 12-01-13 12:36
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- The Snow Child
- This story is at the centre of the book - it is the heart of the stories
- Perhaps this means it is the most serious of them all, with the most meaning
- Idealisation of women
- "I wish I had a girl as white as snow...as red as blood...as black as that bird's feather"
- Interestingly, the Countess who is right beside him is wearing all of these colours on her - the man is fickle and doesn't realise what he has - this links to feminism
- The girl may be beautiful, but she has no core strength or personality - thus, she dies easily when pricking her finger as she is just an illusion
- "the girl picks a rose; pricks her finger on the thorn; bleeds; screams; falls”
- "As soon as he had completed her description, there she stood, beside the road, white skin, red mouth, black hair and stark naked"
- Sexuality
- “the Count got off his horse, unfastened his breeches and thrust his virile member into the dead girl”
- Shocking - showing how fickle men are. Shows how sex is so important to them and how he can betray the countess so easily
- Sexuality
- “the Count got off his horse, unfastened his breeches and thrust his virile member into the dead girl”
- Shocking - showing how fickle men are. Shows how sex is so important to them and how he can betray the countess so easily
- Feminism
- Interestingly, the Countess who is right beside him is wearing all of these colours on her - the man is fickle and doesn't realise what he has - this links to feminism
- Though the Countess' actions are deceitful, they are understandable - she is being mistreated by men
- She should be given credit for the intellect she has in trying to rid of the girl
- Feminism
- Though the Countess' actions are deceitful, they are understandable - she is being mistreated by men
- She should be given credit for the intellect she has in trying to rid of the girl
- "how shall I be rid of her?" - first person break
- She should be given credit for the intellect she has in trying to rid of the girl
- Though the Countess' actions are deceitful, they are understandable - she is being mistreated by men
- "how shall I be rid of her?" - first person break
- Feminism
- She should be given credit for the intellect she has in trying to rid of the girl
- Feminism
- Shocking - showing how fickle men are. Shows how sex is so important to them and how he can betray the countess so easily
- “the Count got off his horse, unfastened his breeches and thrust his virile member into the dead girl”
- Sexuality
- Shocking - showing how fickle men are. Shows how sex is so important to them and how he can betray the countess so easily
- “the Count got off his horse, unfastened his breeches and thrust his virile member into the dead girl”
- Sexuality
- "As soon as he had completed her description, there she stood, beside the road, white skin, red mouth, black hair and stark naked"
- "the girl picks a rose; pricks her finger on the thorn; bleeds; screams; falls”
- "she was the child of his desire and the Countess hated her"
- Idealisation causes jealousy and fractures in relationships
- "I wish I had a girl as white as snow...as red as blood...as black as that bird's feather"
- This story is at the centre of the book - it is the heart of the stories
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