Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Walt Disney’s animated films Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and The Jungle Book all explore the relationship between human beings and animals. In some films, such as The Jungle Book, this relationship has a greater focus than other films, such as Snow White. Snow White, Aurora and Mowgli meet their animal allies and enemies in the forest or the jungle, while Cinderella’s animal friends (and antagonist) are residents of her stepmother’s house. In the world of these four films, it is…

For one thing, some main physical attributes remained the same, “a little girl… as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as ebony” (Tatar 83). Despite capturing these important physical similarities; for the Grimms’ Snow White, her story started at 7 years old while presumably for the Disney’s Snow White her story started at 14. The age discrepancy marks a change made to lessen the reality that people find a 7-year-old beautiful or attractive…

The differences between goblins, dwarfs and fairies in Victorian fairy tales The appearance of fantastic creatures and figures is very common in fairy tales. These characters usually serve as the support of the protagonist, who encounters various problems that cannot be solved alone, or they become the antagonist in the story trying to prevent the main character from achieving his or her goal. The aim of this essay is to highlight the differences between supernatural creatures that appear in…

TITLE OF FAIRY TALE: Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree (Scottish version of Snow White) Hero/Heroine: Gold-tree, the daughter of a king. Adversary: Silver-tree, wife of the king and Gold-tree’s mother. Hero/Heroine's enviable characteristics: Beauty. Testing of characters: Silver-tree decided to kill Gold-tree and eat her heat and liver after being told by a trout that Gold-tree is the most beautiful in the kingdom. Magical creatures? Talking trout living in a well, a poisoned stab kills Gold tree, yet…

the freedom to act however they please. However, this freedom is accompanied with consequential results dependent on how the individual chooses to live. In another era, young Greek boys were taken away from the comfort of their mothers at the age of seven and expected to begin a personal journey of intense training and grief known as agoge. If they failed to take ownership and complete the rigorous tasks put before them, they were often brutally whipped or starved. The existence of adversity…

The Snow Queen Recently, I had the chance to see The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson at Park Square Theater. The play presented itself different from the time the viewer walked in. When walking in, viewers were greeted with a friendly staff, whose goal was to make each persons view easier and more enjoyable. At first glance, the stage looked different from what most would come to expect. The theater itself appeared clean and prepared for an audience expecting something similar to…

the White Witch. The four Pevensie siblings, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are all born in London, England. Peter is thirteen, is tall and has blonde hair. He is wise and makes most of the decisions for the children. Susan is twelve, has brown hair, and is described as very pretty. She is a strong leader, but would sometimes doubt Narnia’s magic and Aslan. Edmund is ten and has brown hair. He is described as the most mischievous and is the one who betrays everyone to follow the White…

Once upon a time I was in an enclosed elevator in Hecht Residential College at the University of Miami. As I stood there, I noticed several interesting things, such as everyone who entered were either already on their phones or immediately took them out, all not brave enough to interrupt the awkward silence. I was particularly intrigued by the resident assistants, dressed in fishnet stockings and morph suits, handing out candy to each student who entered the elevator. They were the only ones…

The theme of selling one's soul is an archetype that has been present for many decades. People often sell their souls to complete their utmost desires. In the short story,” The Devil and Tom Walker” and the movie,” Snow White and The Huntsman”, the characters took the opportunity to take the off to fulfill their dreams without worrying about the consequences of their sacrifices. In the short tale of “The Devil and Tom Walker”,the main character, Tom turned in his soul for greed and for the…

called Snowdrop written by Jacob and Wilhelm, the protagonist’s name is Snowdrop. She was born into royalty, as a princess whose beauty and grace was known throughout the kingdom. She is described in the story by her mother, as having skin “as white as snow, [lips] as red as blood, and [hair] as black as [the] ebony window frame” (Grimm 10). However, her beauty was the very source of tragedy which awaited her. By the age of 7, “she was as bright as the day, and fairer than the queen herself”.…