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charming and an evil figure. Wherein Anne Sextons “Snow White” all those lessons of happily ever after are torn down, while adding to the same repeating theme only with a twist. Looking at Sextons “Snow White”, we can look at it with two different lenses, the archetypal lens, or the feminist lens. Through traditional fairy tales Snow White is the fairest of them all, she was the epitome of purity, innocence, and perfection. Through the reading of Snow White by Anne Sexton, we see that these…

In the novel Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata, the phrase of “wasted effort” occurs multiple times by the character Shimamura. Shimamura has many meanings behind the phrase “wasted effort”, he uses it when he thinks someone is committing an action without being aware of the results. Another reason he uses it is when he thinks there is no purpose to doing an action. Shimamura does not see “beauty” in things that are “wasted effort”. The phrase is used throughout the novel, two main times the…

and the “Snow Queen” (the basis of Frozen). Both of these stories are considered “the one true story” when in fact they have different origins like any other fairytale. “Snow White” for instance is a classic fairytale, one that many people can recall easily, why? Because Disney made this story into a feature-film and one that was successful, since this movie was what kick-started the whole Disney franchise. “Snow White” is a fairy tale that revolves a…

Compare and Contrast Did you know that in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the prince wasn’t given a name? But in Sleeping Beauty, the prince’s name was Prince Phillip. Snow White and Sleeping Beauty have some similarities and differences. They were both put to sleep by the antagonist and woken up by a kiss but in different ways. Both of the princesses were beautiful and smart. Snow white had skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony. Sleeping Beauty had blonde…

loved Disney’s version of Snow White. In the version that most people are familiar with ,which is the Disney version Snow White and the seven Dwarfs ,Snow White is the fairest of them all and the Evil Queen does not like that one bit. The main idea of the whole story revolves around the idea of beauty and jealously. The Grimm Brothers version of Snow White is quite similar to Disney’s version however, it does throw us a few curve balls. In this particular version Snow white has many…

The movie “Snow White and the Huntsman” takes a lot of creative liberties. It expands greatly on the original story which many new elements and even removes some parts. Like the addition of an evil queen with super powers. How she not only wants to be the most beautiful and powerful person, but can take life from other people to maintain her beauty and power. The opening of “Snow White and the Huntsman” is done just as the story in the Grimm brothers’ book. The queen pricks her finger (on a…

In the retelling of Snow White called “Snow, Glass, Apples” by Neil Gaiman, the author reversed the good and evil characters of the story. The stepmother queen is now the heroine and Snow White is now this evil bloodsucking vampire. The story is in 1st person being narrated by the Queen who is afraid of Snow White which shows in the quote “I had been frozen by her, owned and dominated.” (Gaiman). The sad part of this story is how it all comes back to this quote at the end with the stepmother…

Snow White engaged in human communication(pg 7) while she was being warned by the woodsman that her stepmother was going to have her murdered. The woodsman sent messages(pg 7) about Snow White's evil stepmother. Snow White had then decoded(pg 7) those messages and and realized the content meaning(pg 10) is that her stepmother is sinister. The channel(pg 11) in which the participants(pg 11), Snow White and the woodsman, was face-to-face. The setting(pg 10) was was in the woods and the…

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…

When examining "Snow White" from an Archetypal perspective, it becomes clear that this fairytale symbolizes curiosity, death, and freedom. These main topics are specifically shown through the use of animals. When analyzing the symbols, many come into affect. The three animals that visited Snow White’s coffin could represent many different things. The order that the animals arrived in is the base of the pattern for this fairytale. When the owl visits, it could symbolize the need for knowledge…