The Snow-Image

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The Snow-Image is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that blends fantasy and moral reflection in the tale of two children who create a living figure from snow.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ
centralMotif snow figure ⓘ
winter ⓘ
containsElement moral reflection ⓘ
supernatural transformation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
exploresRelationshipBetween nature and imagination ⓘ
parents and children ⓘ
featuresCharacterType children ⓘ
genre fantasy fiction ⓘ
moral tale ⓘ
hasForm prose fiction ⓘ
hasLength short ⓘ
hasMoralDimension yes ⓘ
hasProtagonistType two children ⓘ
hasSeasonalSetting winter ⓘ
hasSetting New England ⓘ
intendedAudience general readership ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement American Romanticism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalPublicationForm periodical ⓘ
theme conflict between reality and fantasy ⓘ
imagination ⓘ
innocence of childhood ⓘ
parental misunderstanding ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mosses from an Old Manse → hasPart → The Snow-Image ⓘ
Mosses from an Old Manse → followedBy → The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales ⓘ
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Feathertop → includedInCollection → The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales ⓘ
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Nathaniel Hawthorne bibliography → includesWork → The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales ⓘ
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Nathaniel Hawthorne short fiction canon → includesCollection → The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales ⓘ
linked to: The Snow-Image
Polly Gookin → workOriginallyPublishedIn → The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales ⓘ
linked to: The Snow-Image