New environments with new people and new love can be terrifying, especially if said love is a mystery with an unknown past. A newlywed couple seems happy, until the wife notices her husband’s unexplainably large hand. It holds her attention and scares her all at the same time. Similar to the way she feels about men, she knows they like to be in control, she disagrees with that, but she still wants a relationship with a strong, submissive man. Colette shows this theme in her short story The Hand through symbolism, setting, and character. One prime example of Colette’s symbolism is the mentioning of the color pink by the wife. Pink represents femininity, females, and all things girly. The couples bed is said to be periwinkle,
