Today, the tale of Snow White is better known as a classic Disney story for children. This was not the case with the Grimm brothers “original” version and Neil Gaiman’s spin-off version of the story. It is clear to understand that the mood and themes of these two stories are highly influenced by the symbolism and plot.
Neil Gaiman changed the perspective of Snow-White and gave a different meaning to some of the symbols within the story. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s symbolism in “Little Snow-White” reflects a lot of Christian beliefs that make it come off as innocent. While Neil Gaiman’s dark symbolism in “Snow, Glass, Apples” helps it reflect more of a realistic and sinister story. Symbolism is strong in both stories of Snow White. In …show more content…
In fact, after looking back, through his story, he didn’t have any numerical references at all. Secondly, the Grimm brothers portray white as purity and innocence when describing snow white, while Gaiman portrays the color white as death and lifelessness. For example, in Gaiman’s version, there is a quote that states, “Winter is the time of hunger, of snow, and of death” (Gaiman). These types of descriptions were used by Gaiman to set the mood of the story, which seems to revolve around the winter time. Gaiman chose to describe the winter time with negativity to build onto his symbolic meaning of white and snow.
On the other hand, in the Grimm brother’s story, after Snow White has supposedly died, they chose to describe her as to looking “like she was asleep, for she was sitll as white as snow” (Grimm). Even though Snow White is supposedly dead, the Grimm brothers still chose to depict her as peaceful and beautiful by comparing her to the whiteness of …show more content…
For example, in both the Grimm Brother’s version and Gaiman’s version of Snow White, the prince becomes fascinated with the seemingly dead body of Snow White in the glass coffin. This action portrays the prince to have some sort of pathological fascination with the dead body. In the Grimm Brother’s version, the necrophilia is more symbolized as opposed to more literal in Gaiman’s version. In “Little Snow-White” by the Grimm Brothers, the prince sees Snow White lying in a glass coffin, presumed dead and asks the dwarfs for the coffin stating he, “cannot live without being able to see Snow-White” and that he will “honor and respect her as [his] most cherished one” (Grimm). This can point to the prince having pathological tendencies because even though to his knowledge, Snow-White is dead. He still asks for the coffin in which her body is in for no apparent
Neil Gaiman changed the perspective of Snow-White and gave a different meaning to some of the symbols within the story. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s symbolism in “Little Snow-White” reflects a lot of Christian beliefs that make it come off as innocent. While Neil Gaiman’s dark symbolism in “Snow, Glass, Apples” helps it reflect more of a realistic and sinister story. Symbolism is strong in both stories of Snow White. In …show more content…
In fact, after looking back, through his story, he didn’t have any numerical references at all. Secondly, the Grimm brothers portray white as purity and innocence when describing snow white, while Gaiman portrays the color white as death and lifelessness. For example, in Gaiman’s version, there is a quote that states, “Winter is the time of hunger, of snow, and of death” (Gaiman). These types of descriptions were used by Gaiman to set the mood of the story, which seems to revolve around the winter time. Gaiman chose to describe the winter time with negativity to build onto his symbolic meaning of white and snow.
On the other hand, in the Grimm brother’s story, after Snow White has supposedly died, they chose to describe her as to looking “like she was asleep, for she was sitll as white as snow” (Grimm). Even though Snow White is supposedly dead, the Grimm brothers still chose to depict her as peaceful and beautiful by comparing her to the whiteness of …show more content…
For example, in both the Grimm Brother’s version and Gaiman’s version of Snow White, the prince becomes fascinated with the seemingly dead body of Snow White in the glass coffin. This action portrays the prince to have some sort of pathological fascination with the dead body. In the Grimm Brother’s version, the necrophilia is more symbolized as opposed to more literal in Gaiman’s version. In “Little Snow-White” by the Grimm Brothers, the prince sees Snow White lying in a glass coffin, presumed dead and asks the dwarfs for the coffin stating he, “cannot live without being able to see Snow-White” and that he will “honor and respect her as [his] most cherished one” (Grimm). This can point to the prince having pathological tendencies because even though to his knowledge, Snow-White is dead. He still asks for the coffin in which her body is in for no apparent