The Cultural Message of Snow White

Filled with joy Prince Charming and Cinderella lived happily ever after.” At least that’s what Disney wants you to believe. According to “Huff Post Parents” a study shows that parents would rather read Disney’s version on fairy tales instead of the classical version. But why? I would much rather hear a story about a step sister cutting off her big toe to make a slipper fit than a fairy godmother turning a pumpkin into a carriage; it’s more entertaining. I personally know parents that don’t recommend reading this version of “Cinderella” or any other classic fairy tales to younger children; the violence is too graphic, it sends the wrong message about stepmothers and the reality of the world is misleading.

Would I Become the Next Snow White? Ah, to be a Disney Girl! To possess beauty so divine it can melt the hearts of charming princes and gruff miners alike. To be able to use the same gift to tame temperamental beasts, while you attract, through angelic song, otherwise timid forest creatures. To know that, in the end-despite the fact that your wicked stepmother has forced you into a life of servitude and an evil queen is seeking your mutilated heart-yes, in the end, some day your prince will come.

Fairytales are usually associating with the split between real life and happy endings. An evil and a good character clash at one point in the story, leaving the good character with a choice that either helps or hurts them. Reading Cinderella emphasizes the real life events and her happily ever after as a sign of hope in her unfortunate lifestyle. Cinderella makes the decision to disobey her stepmother and go to the ball, and that decision to be rebellious against her guardian figure eventually led her to a good outcome, which is the finding of her prince charming. In this situation Cinderella is the good character who normally always does as she is told even through her stepmothers harsh mistreatment, leaving her stepmother and stepsisters as the evil figures.

The classic tale of Cinderella is well known for the fight of overcoming great obstacles despite great odds. However, there are always a few ill-hearted people who go out of their way to cease any competition that they might face, as seen with Cinderella’s step-sisters. Samuel Jackson says is his distinguished quote, “The hunger of imagination…lures us to…the phantoms of hope,” to help develop a more defined view of a fairytale. The story of Cinderella fully embodies the ideals of a true fairytale by encompassing magic, hope, and struggle between good and evil throughout the duration of the plot. The origins of the Cinderella story date back around the beginning of the first century, or as far back as oral stories have been told.

Most people in this day and Age know this story, Snow White is a princess whose mother dies and her fathers new wife (Snow Whites Stepmother) is an evil queen Who is very Vain and Has a Magic mirror that tells her she is the fairest of them all. But then after the king dies the mirror tells the queen that Snow White has surpassed her in beauty. The queen then tells her henchmen to take Snow White to the forest and kill her and bring back her heart. Because of Snow Whites beauty he is unable to kill her and so he tells her to run. So, Snow White runs and runs until she finds a hut of seven dwarfs, and she lives with them.

All is well until the stepmother asks her magic mirror ?Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?? to which the mirror replies that she is not the fairest for Snow White has grown more fair. Angered by this she sends a huntsman to kill her stepdaughter. Instead he warns the princess and tells her to run away and never return. Snow white runs deep into the Forrest, frightened and homeless she is offered refuge at the Dwarfs cottage.

Snow White by the Brothers Grimm explores the theme of insecurity which can be defined as one’s subjective evaluation of his or her own self. The fairytale is a story about a Queen who seeks to be the prettiest by constantly asking her mirror “Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?.” Initially it was always her; however, as the story progresses and as her stepdaughter Snow White matures, the mirror states that Snow White is the fairest. This causes the step-mother to try to kill Snow White through a huntsman, using a comb, a corset, and finally an apple. This mirror phrase seems to raise more and more anger the more it is asked. One could assume that the mirror is the judging factor in the phrase, but after a closer look on a psychological level, the

The Queen is extremely beautiful, but very vain. She seduced and married a widowed king, who had a daughter called Snow White with his first wife. After the king died, the Queen sent Snow White to work in her castle and forced her stepdaughter to abandon her title as Princess, similar to the situation of Cinderella. Maleficent is the wicked dark fairy and main antagonist in Walt Disney's 1959 adaptation of Sleeping Beauty. She was animated by Marc Davis, and voiced by Eleanor Audley (who also voiced Lady Tremaine, the stepmother of Cinderella).

In his short story “Sleeping Beauty”, Walt Disney uses archetypes and symbols to demonstrate the expectations in modern society and the happy ending that many people today strive after. In “Sleeping Beauty” almost every character represents an archetype. The Queen represents a loving mother because she tried her hardest to protect her daughter from the curse, believing that if she did this, her daughter could escape it. She had only the best intentions for her daughter, however she could not avoid the inevitable. And when the Princess did prick her finger, the Queen was “so heart-broken that she died.” The Witch, whom the Queen forgot to invite to the birth, easily corresponds to the evil villain archetype.

He states that Cinderella relates very closely to the youth because they feel like they can relate to her situation more than the majority of people could. In his essay Bettelheim quickly asserts that s... ... middle of paper ... ...hough she was brutally mistreated, Cinderella was able to find a solution for her problems and children can to. All they have to do is make the effort, try hard enough and success is possible. Adults should pay attention to this and see if Cinderella can help their children keep a positive attitude toward whatever situation they may be in - exaggerated as it may be. Cinderella doesn't only help show one how to overcome adversity it points out good morals, and sends the message that good always prevails.