![]() The next day it was an old scar: I might have cut my hand with a pocket-knife in my childhood Beneath my gaze the cut that she had made began to close, to scab, and to heal. When she was finished, she left my chamber. The little Princess fastened her mouth to my hand and licked and sucked and drank. I began to shriek, from pain and from surprise but she looked at me and I fell silent. She looked at me and smiled - she smiled but rarely - then she sank her teeth into the base of my thumb, the Mound of Venus, and she drew blood. I had always been scared of the little princess, but at that moment I warmed to her and, with my fingers, gently, I stroked her cheek. She took the dried apple from me and began to chew it with her sharp yellow teeth. The story is told by Snow White's stepmother. Because of this it will be much easier for the reader to sympathize for her alter in the story.Holy crap on a cracker! This short story by Neil Gaiman was creepy! Gaiman establishes the Queen as a relatable character because of her average beginnings. The Queen never questions the King when he takes what he believes to be his, in this case the Queen’s innocence. Quite early on Gaiman begins this analysis on the inequality that exists between men and women. Through her narration, we learn that she had been just an average village girl when the King swept through her town and took his “king’s right”. Gaiman opens with a short background on how the Queen attained her royal status. ![]() Instead, Gaiman challenges what is considered typical for the antagonist and offers the complexity the evil Queen’s character often lacks. No longer is the Queen just this one dimensional evil character most people have grown comfortable with. This alteration the classic Snow White story offers a look at the tale in a way the reader is not used to. ![]() This short story, however, is told in first person from the perspective of the Queen. Snow, Glass, Apples is written as a short story meant to mirror the Brother Grimm’s story Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Breaking down all barriers of what is considered the typical fairy tale format, Gaiman does not shy away from delving into the taboos of society. ![]() Neil Gaiman’s Snow, Glass, Apples takes all prior knowledge about what a fairy tale generally consists of and ignores it. ![]()
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