Snow represents both rebirth and the unpredictability of life. It is found most prevalently in the scene of Ursula’s birth, during which there is a giant snowstorm. Dr. Fellowes and Mrs. Haddock are both prevented from reaching Fox Corner because of the snow, and Ursula dies because of the cord around her neck. In other timelines, Dr. Fellowes is able to make it and Ursula survives. Thus, the snowstorm evokes the randomness of life and the fine line between two different possible outcomes. Later in the novel, snow appears usually just before Ursula is about to be reborn again, affirming the snow’s association with fresh life. The fact that the snow is white also puts it in contrast with the darkness, which aptly comes to signify death in the story.
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