'The Snow Child'

Summary

-begins in the middle of winter- the count and countess are riding horses

-the count wished he had " a girl as white as snow" / " a girl as red as blood" / " a girl as black as that birds feather"

-she appears "white skin, red mouth, black hair and stark naked; she was the child of his desire and the Countess hated her" 

-he takes her onto his horse/the Countess begins to plot on how to get rid of her

-the Countess attempts to command the girl but the Count dismisses her intructions, showing his power whilst denying the Countess any of her own. The clothing comes directly from her body, emphasising how one woman replaced…