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| Author: | florinaciupe [ 30 Jan 2013 19:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Snow-Drop, by Tanith Lee |
There is an implicit reference to the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in the title. The symbol of this flower is connected to spring and to the rebirth of nature, which is revealed in the final part of the story when Snow-Drop comes back together with the trees and the flowers in the garden. There are a lot of things that are meant for a contemporary audience such as the smart house presented at the beginning and present at all the important moments. Sometimes, when reading about the special things that the house can do, you think that you are reading a science-fiction book. In this respect we can identify some of the functions of the house as anachronistic since the other elements of the story seem quite contemporary. It seems as if we were talking about a magic palace. Another element that seems to be taken from sci-fi books is the photo-hunter, who is, in a way an avatar of the hunter in the original story and who has the same role, i.e. to help the queen/Cristena get rid of Snow White/Snow-Drop. There are also a lot of references to writing: writing without any effort but in the same time without any resistance in time, inability to write when one is anxious, Cristena gets her writing skills back once she thinks she has solved her problem. At some point there is a direct intervention from the part of the writer which she sets between brackets and it is connected with the feelings that the photo-hunter could have for Cristena. This is obvious since the entire story is told from Cristena's point of view. There is also the feminist point of view when Snow-Drop is presented in connection with the seven dwarfs: she is presented as a slave who does the cooking and the washing and she is believed to be also a sexual toy for them. |
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