Snow White

The reading questions and discussion boards were particularly important in helping me analyze and research especially for my RA. For example, this particular question made me ponder upon several things until I researched and found something interesting to use for my RA. “George Cruikshank – “Cinderella and the Glass Slipper” Q: The stepmother is portrayed as proud, selfish and extravagant which makes her unjust and cruel, in contrast to Cinderella whose “disposition was even better than her…

siblings after their mother’s death; consequently, causing them to take jobs in a library. They began to collect fairy tales and eventually writing their own. The Grimm Brothers are famous for their own versions of fairy tales including: Little Snow White, Rapunzel, Little Brier-Rose and many others (Ashliman). Little Brier-Rose, also known as Sleeping Beauty, is a story of an only child of the king and queen. There was a bash after her birth, where she was given many gifts from these wise women…

Catharsis, and the overall narrative of the art of Greek Tragedy, has always played an immense part in the storytelling of the horrific within the Disney filmography, ever since their first feature-length film venture in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). As a form of dramatic release, catharsis is best described as a form of tragedy that “…brings recognition of who and what we are.” (Rorty, 1992), and “…provides us with the appropriate objects towards which to feel pity or fear." (Lear,…

the most famous are Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel. The fairytales of Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel all…

The fairy-tale Little Snow-White written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, demonstrates numerous examples of stereotypical “damsel in distress” behaviour, from a Feminist perspective. Within the first paragraph of the text, Snow-White’s mother sits “sewing at her window”, a job most women would have to complete in this period. The antagonist of the story is a powerful female, but her only concern is “if anyone might surpass her in beauty”. The entire plot of the fairy-tale, is an angry woman, trying…

On February 4, 1938, the first ever Disney Princess movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered, taking in over $1.6 billion when accounting for inflation. This single movie was the first in a series of movies that would redefine a portion of every young girls' life. Today, almost each and every girl goes through something called the “princess” phase, in which they become completely obsessed with everything to do with the Disney princesses. This obsession comes in many forms, including an…

Influenced by the rise of romantic nationalism, the Grimm brothers published a collection of German fairy tales in the 1812 as an effort to preserve German folk tradition. Hidden within the text of each fairy tales were attitudes toward society. This included religion, which was a fundamental aspect of German culture. The Catholic Church gained power through their large membership throughout Germany and Europe. It became so powerful that the Catholic clergy were wealthy and corrupt. Eventually,…

The story of Snow White, a lovely girl who ate the poison apple that was given by the absurd queen. She was put to a deep sleep, but with the care of the dwarfs, the princess survived until the prince came to the rescue. This story is happening in our society, but it is a morbid version. Our princess, education, has been poisoned by the deadly poison apple, No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Unlike Snow White, we do not have dwarfs to take care of education, and to this day, our prince, our savior…

Lastly, an important (but often unmentioned theme) in original fairy tales is the absenteeism of a father-figure. Although “Little Snow White” does mention Snow White’s father in the beginning of the story, this mention is used more to introduce the stepmother than the father. Many critics could argue the fact that the father’s absence from this fairy tale proves that he is a man that does nothing to help his very own daughter (thus making him a bad person). However, in this story, the king’s…

Feminist theory explores how the submissive, weak and emotional are exploited by those who are dominant and strong with the ultimate aim to prove the equality of both sexes. These ideas are clearly evident throughout the movie 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves', such as when Snow ends up serving seven males in the Dwarves' house and also when she waits for her prince to save her life. Both of these points views men as worthy and brave whilst women are weak and emotional. Gender equality has…