I chose a quote from page 332, "I covered the mirror in doeskin, and told him that I would personally take it upon myself to make the forest safe once more. I had to, although she terrified me. I was the queen."
The queen thought it was necessary for her to get rid of the girl (her step-daughter) once and for all. The stepdaughter terrified the queen, but it was her duty to save the town from the girl's evil ways. I was intrigued by the apples and that they were a symbol throughout the story. It started out with the queen feeding the girl and apple and then it ended with the queen giving the girl apples once again. Getting rid of the girl also meant having her heart above the queen's bed. This seemed odd, but then the queen knew when the girl was alive/dead.
A doeskin-an animal's parts are used to cover the mirror. This passage also deals with duty vs. fear and when one must conform based upon a title. The heart's beating is interesting-in my opinion it represents life in the form of spirit/soul, which Snow White had at this point. -Kasi
This is the first time she directly posits "being the queen" against "killing her stepdaughter," a sort of implication that they are no longer entangled but exclusive, in a double-bind. (It's lame but I think of Harry Potter and Voldemort- "neither can live while the other survives.") -Anne
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