Selected Short Stories

A symbol or image that stands out in the story

"Snow" By Anne Beattie

Explain how this symbol is vital in the story and to the author's overall message.

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The narrator is relating her time with her lover in winter. Snow, of course, is a major symbol. She recalls the snow being wonderful and silent: an "enormous field of Queen Anne’s lace." .The snow is beautiful and fragile but, like romantic love often is, it is only temporary

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