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china-blue doll eyes

Page history last edited by Tonya Howe 14 years, 12 months ago

by Miriam Kidane

 

In "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Sexton describes Snow White as being innocent, sweet, and pure. She goes on to further explain the individual characteristics of her facial features, distinctively characterizing her eyes as a unique "china-blue" (6) color. Sexton's method of comparing Snow White's eyes to those of a fragile china doll's is a way of denoting the intense pale blue color commonly associated with the dolls. The blue of a china doll's eyes are deep and alluring, much like Snow White's beauty in general. Further, china dolls are made of porcelain, which is easily broken and very fragile; they are also associated with high class and elegance do to their delicateness and are sought after (collected). Sexton compares the china doll's fragileness to Snow White's delicate soft-spoken personality and their sought after elegance to her stepmothers, and others, endless enviousness to her splendor. The delicate elegance of a china doll verse their overwhelming beauty contrasts their softness with intensity. This is similar to how Snow White's overwhelming beauty, strong and intense, contrasts with her delicate soft personality.

 

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Comments (3)

Tonya Howe said

at 1:11 am on Oct 27, 2008

Miriam, I really like the point you make here about collecting dolls! I think you might want to do some proofreading, though, for edits and complete sentence structure. Also, a few literary terms/descriptive vocabulary are misused/awkward--like "connotes" and "associated with being."

Athenna Harrison said

at 11:47 pm on Oct 27, 2008

Your annotation is really good. I like your explanation on how Snow White's beauty constrats with her personality. I also understand the connection between her (Snow White) and a china doll.

Tonya Howe said

at 8:54 pm on Nov 9, 2008

Nicely descriptive, Miriam! Your sentence structure is varied, as well, making it pleasurable to read. You might want to double check the contrasting use of "pale" and "deep," however!

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