The Erl King // Snow Child

Question 1

heavy brunches of red _________ as ripe and _________ as goblin or __________ _______

Answer 1

berries, enchanted fruit
Narrator
forest as living supernatural being that lures people to their death - reference to Rossetti’s Goblin Market

Question 2

there is no way out of the ________ ….. once you are ________ __, you must stay there _______ he ___ ___ ___ again

Answer 2

forrest, inside it, until, lets you out
Narrator
Erl king and forest are linked, place of danger

Question 3

she was the _______ of his _____ and the __________ hated her

Answer 3

child, desire, Countess,
Narrator
His sexual desire - competition to get and maintain man’s attention

Question 4

her boots leapt off the _________’s _____ and on to the _____‘_ ____ …. the ________ was bare as a ______ and the girl _______ and ______

Answer 4

Countess, legs, girl’s leg, Countess, bone, furred, booted
Narrator
transference of affection from older to younger woman

Question 5

so the _____ _____ a rose; ______ her finger…..;_______

Answer 5

girl picks, pricks, bleds
Narrator
Typical step mother role, tricking the child with a seemingly harmless gesture - metaphor for the pain of love

Question 6

Perfect ___________ must be impenetrable // brass coloured ______________ // [rain struck wood with] ___________ stained fingers

Answer 6

Transparency // distillations // nicotine
Narrator
Transition from autumn to winter, dream- like, allusion to Emily Dickenson,, unsettling imagery