From "Snow, Glass, Apples"

Sorry this is so late! Had some difficulties, but better late then never?!

"As they thrust me inside, jeering and chaffing as they did so, I saw one snowflake land upon her white cheek, and remain there without melting" (338).

1."Jeering and chaffing" => the language almost sounds like they were assaulting or raping her. That language really disturbed me. She even says "they thrust me."

2. What really stood out to me about this passage, however, was the fact that the snowflake remains. This means the stepdaughter is cold, frozen--heartless. She survived without a heart, without a blood flow. She has no warmth--Death (puppet?!). Also, the Queen sees this tiny action--a snowflake falling--and I think she realized who the daughter really was.

Response 1:

Agreed. Verb choice with thrust gives a sense of sexualization. Also, right after that quote there is the comparison of hot and cold. The cold, frozen daughter watches the stepmother burn in the hot fire.

Response 2:

I also agree. When I first began to read the beginning of the quote I thought it was from the section when the mother is having sex with the prince. It is also an interesting comparison of the mother being burned in the room while the stepdaughter is so cold that she can't even melt a snowflake.