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Age and build

tall stature

“he saw a lady, tall and white, it was the Snow Queen” (Snow Queen, part 1)

Face and hair

not made of ice in appearance to Kay

“she did not now seem to be made of ice, as when he had seen her through his window” (Snow Queen, part 1)

Dress

fur and snow cap

“The fur and the cap, which were made entirely of snow, fell off” (Snow Queen, part 1)

barefooted

“how well she has got through the world, barefooted as she is” (Snow Queen, part 3)

Voice and speech

always smiling

“she always smiled so that he thought he did not know enough yet” (Snow Queen, part 1)

Signature words

speaks of the word Eternity as a test

“When you can find out this, you shall be your own master, and I will give you the whole world and a new pair of skates” (Snow Queen, part 3)

refers to her frozen lake as the Mirror of Reason

“She called the lake "The Mirror of Reason," and said that it was the best, and indeed the only one in the world” (Snow Queen, part 3)

Gait and mannerisms

kisses Kay to control him

“The Snow Queen kissed little Kay again, and by this time he had forgotten little Gerda, his grandmother, and all at home” (Snow Queen, part 1)

flies on black clouds

“she looked round the vast expanse as she flew higher and higher with him upon a black cloud” (Snow Queen, part 1)

departs to warmer lands

“Now I must hasten away to warmer countries," said the Snow Queen. "I will go and look into the black craters of the tops of the burning mountains” (Snow Queen, part 3)

Strengths

power over men and animals

“How men and animals are obliged to serve her, and how well she has got through the world, barefooted as she is” (Snow Queen, part 3)

purity and innocence of heart as source of power

“her own purity and innocence of heart” (Snow Queen, part 3)

controls the frozen landscape

“The Snow Queen has her summer tent there, but her strong castle is at the North Pole, on an island called Spitzbergen” (Snow Queen, part 2)

Flaws

isolates Kay in empty halls

“Empty, vast, and cold were the halls of the Snow Queen” (Snow Queen, part 3)

uses glass fragments to control Kay's heart and vision

“he has a piece of broken glass in his heart, and a little piece of glass in his eye” (Snow Queen, part 3)

Traits

perfect and without fear

“she was perfect, and she did not feel at all afraid” (Snow Queen, part 1)

commands snow-flakes as guards

“they were alive, and were the guards of the Snow Queen, and had the strangest shapes” (Snow Queen, part 3)

dwells in a palace of snow and ice

“The walls of the palace were formed of drifted snow, and the windows and doors of the cutting winds” (Snow Queen, part 3)

Lines in their own words

command to Kay about mastering Eternity

“When you can find out this, you shall be your own master, and I will give you the whole world and a new pair of skates” (Snow Queen, part 3)

declaration of her frozen lake

“She called the lake "The Mirror of Reason," and said that it was the best, and indeed the only one in the world” (Snow Queen, part 3)

announcement of departure

“Now I must hasten away to warmer countries," said the Snow Queen. "I will go and look into the black craters of the tops of the burning mountains, Etna and Vesuvius” (Snow Queen, part 3)