The Evil Queen And Kim Kardashian

A monster can be a horrendous creature that is frightening, but it can also be a beautiful person who brutally kills others or that are offensive, mean, and selfish. In this case, the character the Evil Queen in Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s “Little Snow-White” and reality star Kimberly Kardashian would be beautiful monsters. While some differences between the Evil Queen and Kim Kardashian are evident, there are also similarities that are striking. For example, both are obsessed with beauty and are narcissists, and yet they express themselves quite differently and have a distinct impact on society.
The fairy tale character and the modern celebrity are both obsessed with beauty and the concept of being beautiful. The Grimm brothers wrote this tale …show more content…
For example, the way they express themselves is quite contrasting. Kimberly does not show her dark side outright, she sugarcoats it with propaganda of empowerment. For example, after posting naked selfies in social media, she mentioned that she felt empowered by her body, her sexuality, her feeling comfortable in her own skin and much more. Once she receives negative comments, she acts as if she were a victim. She argues that she is trying to help other people achieve the same self-confidence but is body shamed because people can’t let go of the past. However, there is a big difference on empowerment and vanity. Standing in front of a mirror and liking what you see is empowerment, but taking a picture just to show it off is pure self-absorption. Kim defends herself by saying that she wants to encourage girls and women all over the world to feel empowered, yet naked pictures do not equal empowerment it is just objectifying. It is true that people gain self-esteem from feeling empowered, however the self-esteem earned from a naked picture like Kim’s is nothing compared to the feelings they obtain from loving themselves for everything else that is not necessarily shown on film. On the contrary, the Evil Queen does not try to hide her malicious side. She goes straight for the kill, quite literally. This arrogant woman only thinks about herself and does not care about anything or anyone else unless they are surpassing her beauty, then she would do whatever is in her power to get rid of the threat. She is so monstrous that when the huntsman brought the boar’s lungs and liver, she ate them thinking that she had eaten Snow White’s organs. Once she realized that her stepdaughter was actually alive, she went through great lengths and tried to murder her three different times just to satisfy her egotism. After her third attempt, when she thought Snow was dead once and for all, she would