Similarly, in "The Snow Child," the count appears to have an unhealthy fascination with death as an act of necrophilia arises at the climax of the short story. ... Similarly, In 'The Snow Child' the count has an unnatural obsession and fascination with death and the supernatural. ... 'I showed his grave silence my white skin.' ... In the same way, 'The snow child' also proves this statement when the Count performs an act of necrophilia against the young child bought about by his imagination. ...

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In popular beliefs, a red carnation, when worn on Mother's Day, honors your live mother, while a deceased mother is remembered with a white carnation. Throughout the story, Paul wears a red carnation to symbolize that his mom his alive in his minds and in his heart, but at the end, he buries that flower under a white blanket of snow, finally making peace with her death. ...

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