...princess with fair skin and blue eyes. She was so fair that she was named Snow White. Her mother died when Snow White was a baby and her father married again. This queen was very pretty but she was also very cruel. The wicked stepmother wanted to be the most beautiful lady in the kingdom and she would often ask her magic mirror, “Mirror! Mirror on the wall! Who is the fairest of them all?” And the magic mirror would say, “You are, Your Majesty!” But one day, the mirror replied, “Snow White is the fairest of them all!” The wicked queen was very angry and jealous of Snow White. She ordered her huntsman to take Snow White to the forest and kill her. “I want you to bring back her heart,” she ordered. But when the huntsman reached the forest with Snow White, he took pity on her and set her free. He killed a deer and took its heart to the wicked queen and told her that he had killed Snow White. Snow White wandered in the forest all night, crying. When it was daylight, she came to a tiny cottage and went inside. There was nobody there, but she found seven plates on the table and seven tiny beds in the bedroom. She cooked a wonderful meal and cleaned the house and tired, finally slept on one of the tiny beds. At night, the seven dwarfs who lived in the cottage came home and found Snow White sleeping. When she woke up and told them her story, the seven dwarfs asked her to stay with them. When the dwarfs were away, Snow White would make delicious meals for them. The dwarfs loved her and cared...
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...Little Snow-White Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Once upon a time in midwinter, when the snowflakes were falling like feathers from heaven, a queen sat sewing at her window, which had a frame of black ebony wood. As she sewed she looked up at the snow and pricked her finger with her needle. Three drops of blood fell into the snow. The red on the white looked so beautiful that she thought to herself, "If only I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the wood in this frame." Soon afterward she had a little daughter who was as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as ebony wood, and therefore they called her Little Snow-White. And as soon as the child was born, the queen died. A year later the king took himself another wife. She was a beautiful woman, but she was proud and arrogant, and she could not stand it if anyone might surpass her in beauty. She had a magic mirror. Every morning she stood before it, looked at herself, and said: Mirror, mirror, on the wall, Who in this land is fairest of all? To this the mirror answered: You, my queen, are fairest of all. Then she was satisfied, for she knew that the mirror spoke the truth. Snow-White grew up and became ever more beautiful. When she was seven years old she was as beautiful as the light of day, even more beautiful than the queen herself. One day when the queen asked her mirror: Mirror, mirror, on the wall, Who in this land is fairest of all? It answered: You, my queen, are fair; it is true. But Snow-White...
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...Snow White Fairy Tale Comparison The story of young girl forced to flee from her home due to the jealously of her step-mother has been told in many languages in a variety of ways since its first publication by the Brothers Grimm in 1812. Storytellers capture their audiences by relating the common man’s plight to that of Snow White. To gain a greater understanding of this story, it is best to examine three versions that have been told at significantly different times within society. The original story “Little Snow-White” by the Brothers Grimm, Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, and Disney’s “Mirror Mirror” serve as inspiration when discussing the story, language, art direction, heroines, heroes, conflict and resolution with them. As each new adaptation of the story Snow White is told, many individuals will reference the Walt Disney version as fact over the original story by the Brothers Grimm. Two hundred years have passed and the story of Snow White has kept true to its original telling with only minor changes that have been implemented only as a way to appeal to the intended audiences at the time. The physical description of Snow White, our heroine, has always remained close to the original, “a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as ebony wood” (Taylor, 1884). With Walt Disney being a family oriented individual he made only a minor change to her description, "lips red as a rose, hair black as ebony, and skin white as snow" (Snow White and the...
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...The original Snow White is a centuries old, German fable titled Sneewittchen. It gained notoriety after its publication in the first edition of The Brothers Grimm collection “Grimms' Fairy Tales”. Many believe the character of Snow White was based on the life of Margarete von Waldeck, a German countess born to Philip IV in 1533. When Margaretewas 16 she was forced by her stepmother, Katharina of Hatzfeld to move away to Wildungen in Brussels. There, Margarete fell in love with a prince who would later become Phillip II of Spain. Margarete’s father and stepmother disapproved of the relationship as it was ‘politically inconvenient’. Margarete died at the age of 21 after being poisoned. Margarete's father owned several copper mines that used...
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...This “point” could be a phase of misfortune or an overwhelming feeling of despair. In the movie “Snow White”, the wicked step mother evidently has/had low self-esteem issues if she is willing to murder her daughter in order to be the “fairest” one in her land. Well, just as villains, I too have gone through a hardship that has invigorated me to acquire greatness and success (although I wouldn’t go as far as to commit murder like a certain wicked step mother attempted to). To say that my past was simply a “bad time” would be a treacherous understatement; it reeks of darkness and sorrow. I still get flashbacks: diary entries stained with tears, blood trickling down an arm, shrieks of vile words and a subsequent sob. This is my personal deep pain. Some may decide to mourn over grief for extensive extents of time. I, on the other hand, thrust the...
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...The Queen is an admirable villainous character in “Snow White” because she is determined, cunning, and malicious. The Queen is determined to kill to Snow White no matter what, she proves this because she says: “Snow-white shall die,” cried she, “though it should cost me my own life!” (Grimm 5). This shows that she is determined because she is so set on killing Snow White, that she claims that it shall cost her her life. The Queen is also cunning because she is very clever in her schemes to get rid of Snow White. Knowing that Snow White will not let anyone in because she tries to kill her twice, the Queen says, “Are you afraid of poison?” said the woman, “look here, I will cut the apple in two pieces; you shall have the red side, I will have...
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...In Snow White and the Huntsman there are many archetypes: Snow White being the hero, Queen Ravenna is the devil figure and then there is Eric who is also known as the huntsman is the shadow but many other things as well. You are able to see Eric’s shadow from the very beginning and we are shown just how bad his shadow has gotten to him. Even though he is in an extremely dark place throughout the journey with Snow White, Eric does many things that make it easy to see he wasn’t always as bitter as he lets off to be. He starts out the journey by hunting Snow White for the queen, but when he captures her he hesitates to hand her over because he doesn’t have what he was promised, his wife. With the Queen’s powers she said she was able to bring people back from the dead and Eric ended up believing her with how easy she made it seem. Even though he doesn’t hand her over for his own selfish reasons he starts to ask what the Queen wants with her making his shadow lighten for a...
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...tale, Snow White, is a Phallocentric story about a young princess who is on the run from her mentally unstable step mother who is trying to kill her. Relationships between the characters are often gender specific as the roles between males and females are strongly defined. The Evil Queen, the Huntsman and the Dwarfs are all key characters which help with the demonstration of stereotypes, paternalism as well as gender roles. Stereotypes are very prominent throughout the tale. Snow White and the Evil Queen are quite different as far as stereotypes go. Right from the beginning, Snow White portrays typical female stereotypes such as being gentle, kind, sensitive, and dependent. It is also assumed by these qualities that she is not able to protect herself from...
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...what extent is the film of snow white and the huntsman based on Grimm’s Snow White (from Kinder-u. Hausmarchen)? What differences are there between Grimm’s 1812 and 1857 treatments of this particular story? In 1812 Jacob Grimm who was interested in languages and discoveries wrote his first edition book called Kinder- und Hausmurchen. This book included many well-known stories even Snow White. Recently a movie called Snow White and the Huntsman appeared in theatres. This particular movie has a great relativity as to the way the story is being told. The following paragraphs will include details about the movie of Snow White and the huntsman and its relativity to Grimm’s versions of the story. The movie Snow White and the Huntsman is mainly about a women who becomes a queen after being found by the King. The queen whose is named Ravenna lures the king into falling in love with her beauty. The night of their wedding Ravenna poisons the King and stabs him in the heart. She then sets out and opens the gates for her brother and their army in order to take over the kingdom. While the kingdom is being overtaken by Ravenna and her army, some of the kings close companions try to escape, though the gates are closed off before the kings’ daughter, Snow White can escape. The queen makes the decision to spare Snow Whites life and imprisons her. Ravenna believes there will come a time when Snow White will be of good use to her. As time goes on and Snow White gets older, Ravenna realizes...
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...In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Snow only fell for the Queen's evil ways once (01:09:50-01:15:40). However, in the story, she fell for her three times, although Snow didn’t know because the Queen changed her appearance each time. “Little snow-white looked out and said, go away, I cannot let anyone come in. I suppose you can look, said the old woman, and pulled the poisonous comb out and held it up,” (Grimm). This is one of the many examples of the differences between story and movie. Others would be the Queen wanting to eat Snow’s lung and liver and then trying to kill Snow three times, with lacing up her dress and suffocating her, using a poisonous comb, and then the famous poisonous apple. “Kill her, and bring me back her lung and liver as a token,” (Grimm). Another is how the Queen dies or how Snow meets the Prince. However, there are changes to the story that makes the movie show brighter aspects. In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Snow gets to know the dwarfs and met the Prince before she was cast away from the kingdom. Snow meets the Prince one day while she is collecting water from the well and singing (00:03:35-00:06:58). She also makes friends with the dwarfs and sings and dances with them (00:52:03-00:59:00). This gives a lighter mood with the musical design and the happily ever after ending. The problem this...
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...Hi, Be Our Guest & Be A Part of Our World I know they say that every fairytale starts with “Once upon a time…” but honestly this fairytale happened last week and it won’t be all that magical to tell you. I guess I should probably introduce myself right? Hi, I’m Cinderella. I’m just your average blonde who looses glass slippers at balls. Don’t let me fool you though. This story has absolutely nothing to do with me. I’m just the narrator. It all began last Tuesday when this guy named Ryan met a beautiful girl walking along the pier. I know this just sounds so romantic right? Trust me it gets better. This beautiful girl, well, she didn’t have a name, but let me tell you she was one beautiful person. Ryan, being the typical guy who thinks he’s hotter than the sun and that every girl should bow down in his presence, chased this girl all day long using every pick up line he’d ever heard. Here’s the catch my friends. This girl, wasn’t just any girl, she was Ursula, the evil sea witch. This is where that gloomy music that sounds like “dun dun dun” is played right? Anyway, Ursula saw right through this superficial man and put a spell on him that split him into seven little men that represented his traits and characteristics. Ryan was no longer Ryan, in fact he was now Studly, Jockey, Druggy, Dummy, Lusty, Nerdy and Giant. I didn’t pick the names so don’t blame me. Ursula told these seven little men that the only way she would restore them into one was if they mined for her...
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...The snow goddess One day a grandpa named Roy was telling his grandchildren the story of the snow goddess and her mythical creature named Articuno. The grandpa said, “Holly the goddess of snow was never as nice as she is right now” he went on “and she was never as white as she is now.” The grandchildren asked, “ why wasn’t she as nice as she is now grandpa,” he answered “let me tell you the story of the snow goddess.” He starts, “one day when me and my friends Ivy, Lucia, and Erica all went on a sailing trip it was all fun and games till a huge snow storm appeared out of the blue.” Grandpa Roy started to cry as he said “ the boat flipped over and I lost one of my friends that day, but all I remember is waking up on an...
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...Snow White and the 10 planks of confidence “Hello my name is meera, im allison, and im fayha and we will be presenting the 10 planks of confidence through the story of snow white and the 7 dwarfs” Narrator: Once upon a time in the depths of the Planko Forest, a long lost princess makes her way to an isolated cottage in the middle of the forest. As she approaches the small house hoping to find help, she notices a bright light and hears a cry for help. She peers through the window and sees a strange image. Witch: “You dwarfs haven't been very loyal, so for that I take away any memories you have of yourselfs. See if you can find your way out of this.” [witch gestures hands in a spell like movement] [witch leaves] Narrator: Confused Snow White slowly makes her way into the cottage Snow White: “Hello? Is anyone there?” [walks around the class slowly, looking around] Narrator: She stumbles upon a group of small people Snow White: Hi! What’s your name? Dwarf 1: Umm I…. i dont know.. none of us do Snow White: You don’t know your name? well then I’ll name you Contenta, it stands for content. Narrator: Content: you pick a topic worth talking about. And you Research, research, research. Snow White: Do you want to help me name your other friends? Dwarf 1: Yah! [Snow White and dwarf 1 goes around naming 9 other dwarfs] Snow White: Your name is going to be Orgo for Organization. Narrator: Organization: You have a well planned outline that is easy for you and your...
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...Dysfunctional Families: The Expectations and Realities Many readers of Cinderella and Snow White have never realized how dysfunctional the families are in these childhood fairytales. Over the years many of these stories have been revised and retold to children. Although these versions are more children appropriate, the originals contain cases of extreme dysfunctional families. Fairytales such as Cinderella and Snow White are prime examples of such. In the original Grimm’s versions of these two tales, one would definitely agree that they contain more gore and violence than the Walt Disney spin offs of the stories. Spin offs such as Ella Enchanted and the three A Cinderella Stories are more common in today’s society. But what most people don’t realize as they read these stories is that they are promoting the idea that all step mothers are evil and will make their step children the slave or maid of the house. These stories are extremely influential to children of young ages and tell children that dysfunctional families are okay in this society. In the Grimm’s tale of Cinderella, her stepmother is extremely verbally abusive towards her. When the stepmother and her two daughters move into Cinderella and her father’s home, she questions him as to why that useless creature (referring to his daughter, Cinderella) has the best room in the house, sends her to the kitchen, and claims her as the maid of the house. (Grimm 1) the stepmother in this story is one of the most common that young...
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...encouragement and guidance this project would not have materialized. Finally, thanks to our beloved friend that always stick together and also work hard to produce a good report with all effort and responsibility. The guidance and support received from my friends who contributed and who are contributing to this project, was vital for the success of this project. We would also like to thank to our family because of the support that they give us from the beginning until the completion of this project. SYNOPSIS Once upon a time, a baby was born named as Snow White in a kingdom. Her mother died after delivered her. Then, the king looks after her until he realizes that some of things that he cannot teach Snow White that why she must need a mother. The king decides to married a new queen. One day, the king goes into the jungle and he never appeared again. The queen preserves Snow white. When Snow White age...
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