THE SNOW CHILD QUOTES 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureThe Bloody ChamberA2/A-levelAQA Created by: KatCreated on: 18-01-16 18:20 SETTING 'MIDWINTER' - Symbolic of the Countess 'IMMACULATE' - Symbolic of the Girl 'INVISIBLE' - Symbolic of the Count - his actions won't be punished or seen as wrong 'THE WHOLE WORLD WAS WHITE' - Isolated - Social norms can be broken - Green World 1 of 4 PRESENTATION OF THE COUNT 'THE COUNT AND HIS WIFE' - Title and word arrangement give him power 'THRUST HIS VIRILE MEMBER INTO THE DEAD GIRL' - Presented as other, transgressive and a gothic monster. 'I WISH I HAD A GIRL AS WHITE AS SNOW' - Superficial - only interested in the way she looks as his only interest is to have sex with her 'HE WAS SOON FINISHED' - Emasculated 'WEEPING' - Challenge to have sex with the girl has been taken away from him 2 of 4 PRESENTATION OF THE COUNTESS 'HOW SHALL I BE RID OF HER?' - Jealous - wants to abandon girl 'WRAPPED IN THE GLITTERING PELTS OF BLACK FOXES' - Predatory 3 of 4 PRESENTATION OF THE GIRL 'I WISH I HAD A GIRL AS WHITE AS SNOW' - Sexual object - Objectified by Count's desire - only told about her appearance, no personality etc 'THEN SHE MELTED' - Dies but doesn't dissapear until The Count has had sex with her POWERLESS - SHOWN THROUGH ABSENT VOICE 'AS SOON AS HE COMPLETED HER DESCRIPTION, THERE SHE STOOD' - Abhuman and other - not biologically conceived 4 of 4
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