Analysis Of Walt Disney's Snow White

The old version of Snow White contains dark and violent stories and harsh elements that were not proper for kids. However, the Snow White that is familiar today is very friendly and well adapted for children. The original story of Snow White is written by the Grimm Brothers in the 19th century at German. In several of the Grimms’ stories, it contains various odd scenes and violent parts. According to the Disney version of Snow White the queen tells the huntsmen to bring the heart of Snow in order to check whether she is dead or not. However, in the Grimm version of Snow White, the queen, which is the witch, sells a corset to Snow and makes her try on the corset and squeeze her by tightening it. Also, in the original version, it is not the prince’s

These stories’ characters represent the reason why these stories commonly have been given the title of being the “origins of Snow White. Their protagonists, Nourie Hadig

Everyone loves a good fairytale, and nothing is quite as magical and heartwarming as a Disney fairytale. The themes of love, comedy, and morality deem them as more than just little kids' stories, but suitable and entertaining tales for the entire family. This is known by a majority of the stories' readers. However, what one may not be so familiar with is the origin of these tales. Where did the stories of Cinderella, Ariel, and Rapunzel come from? The Disney writers certainly did not create them themselves. The differences in the originals will shock anyone familiar with Disney. And what about Snow White? There are differences between the original Brothers Grimm version of the ebony-haired, white-skinned princess and the Disney movie, believe it or not. Some major differences between both versions are the multiple ways the evil queen tries murdering her stepdaughter, the cause of Snow White's revival, as well as how the evil queen died. Why the story was altered is obvious:

Snow White starts off with a lonely queen who sat sewing by her window one mid-winter night. She pricked her finger and seeing the blood so red made her wish for a child who has cheeks as red as blood, her

Fables shows a great representation of an independent woman with Snow White. After leaving the homeland and moving to Fabletown, Snow White does not have her Prince Charming. Instead, this Snow White shows that she can do anything she sets her mind to without any help. Something that did not occur in the fairytale where the prince comes to her rescue and they live happily ever

One of the most popular of the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tales is Snow White. In the original version, the theme was that of a mother-daughter rivalry, but the Grimm brothers changed many elements so that it would more closely reflect their values. In the

In the 90’s, a widely popular youth television show was Boy Meets World, which was greatly acclaimed for its cultural impact. The show was a simple sitcom about a young boy going through life with his troublesome best friend. Despite the initial simplicity, the show was popular due to its controversial topics such as child abuse, sexual harassment, religion, and interracial dating. Notwithstanding the high popularity, the show did end but managed to gain a spin-off years later. The spin-off Girl Meets World is a continuation of the original program, Boy Meets World, which now focuses on the daughter of two main characters from the original show and how she survives life with her troublesome best friend.

Figure 1 shows Snow White engaged in the traditional role of homemaker, as she sweeps the cottage that belongs to the seven dwarves. In the context of the film she is seen to enjoy this role, she smiles and sings with the animals as she cleans. This echoes her behaviour in an earlier scene where she scrubs the castle steps while surrounded by animals. Her perceived enjoyment of the tasks perpetuates the “ideology of domesticity [which] contributes to the continuing tendency to see the work women do as a natural by-product of femininity… rather than skill” (Bilton, Bonnett, Jones, Lawson, Skinner, Stanworth, & Webster, 2002, p. 142). In looking at the image presented through a postmodern lens, it also seems unlikely that fourteen-year-old (Peitzman, 2013) Snow White would enjoy cleaning a stranger’s home after spending her childhood working as a scullery maid. However, upon its release during the Great Depression, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney, 1937) depiction of a quiet content women

Everyone knows that when the queen discovers that Snow White’s beauty is greater than hers, she asks the huntsman to kill her. Finally, we all know that the dwarves take care of her until her death, at which point the prince comes to the rescue and awakens her with a kiss. These are all elements of the story that we come to expect when we hear the name Snow White.

“Through the cheerful music, funny characters, and happy ending, the character of Snow White starts the Disney trend of a domestic woman who becomes a damsel-in-distress relying on a prince to come and save her” (Barber, 2015). The original 1812 tale of Little Snow White by the Brothers Grimm portrays Snow White as a small, naive, self centered little girl who can’t seem to listen to anything she is told, and who has to rely a prince she doesn’t even know to wake her up from the dead. Two hundred years later, in the 2012 movie version Snow White and the Huntsman, the director Rupert Sanders revisits the original tale of Snow White, but decides to change it up a bit. In this version of the tale, Snow White is a strong, independent young woman who seems to be able to do anything she decides to do. In Sander’s version, Snow White not only conquers the cruel queen, but she conquers the labels society often places on women. Unlike the Grimms Brothers, Sanders develops his Snow White's character in a way that fits with women’s empowerment that the current generation now fights for everyday.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, released in 1937 has made an incredible impact on film of all types. This movie was the first full length animated movie to be released with color and sound.("Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)." Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). N.p., n.d. Web. 12 May 2015.) With out Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs success, Disney would not have been able to afford to make anymore movies. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs became the animated film against which all later Disney films were judged. ("Legacy of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Disney Wiki. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 May 2015.) This movie has also been the influence for other very famous films. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has strongly impacted film.

Clarification of her beauty is there to aid the reader in understanding that she is good and valuable. Furthermore, her hair not only symbolizes beauty but fertility and sexuality; proving that she is an object. Once she loses her hair, it is evident that she also loses what makes her of value to men, which in this case is the innocence of her untouched beauty or her virginity (pg. 35). In addition, the story “Little Snow-White,” presents an initial description about Snow-white centered around her beauty: “as white as snow, and as red as blood, and her hair was as black as ebony” (pg. 124). Because of this description, the reader defines Snow-white’s importance with the base of her pure white skin, passionate red lips, and seductive black hair. These three characteristics show the value of Snow-White to the prince, who begs the dwarfs for her coffin. While persuading the dwarfs to give over Snow-white, he attempts to trade objects to compensate the dwarfs (pg. 130). To young women, values defined in fairy tales depict a horrid, demeaning view of

Over the years, Snow White’s story has been told in numerous different versions then its original version in 1812 by the Grimm Brothers. The main basis of the story has remained the same. Only a few minor tweaks to the story have changed. The three versions of the story that are going to be analyzed are the original story “Little Snow White” by the Brothers Grimm, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” by Disney, and “Mirror, Mirror” by Disney also. They each were created in very different times and the original story has changed over the years to appeal to the audience of that time. No matter how many versions there are Snow White is considered, one of the most cherished fairy tales of all time. They each use different methods to get their

Despite gender, living conditions or cultural backgrounds most people grow up reading or hearing stories of heroism and damsel in distress scenarios. Anne Sexton turns stereotypes on their head in her satirical poems of classic fairy tales, including Snow White and The Seven Dwarves and Cinderella. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves tells the tale of a young princess with hair as black as coal and skin as pale as snow, whose life is thrown into turmoil at the hands of her overbearing stepmother. Cinderella tells the story of a young girl who she spends her life is yearning for the prince’s ball, and similar to Snow White, Cinderella’s stepmother is influencing her life, however she is a positive character throughout the story. This sheds light on the stepmother in Snow White’s piece as despite the fact that Snow White’s stepmother clearly does inherently evil things, a re-reading demands a re-examination of why. It is throughout these tales’ where stepmothers are only trying to protect their children from the world around them, however in Snow White an outside motive, the beauty provided by the mirror and the pride manifested by poison, creates a barrier between the queen and her stepdaughter, thus giving her the title “Evil”.

Written in the stories of Snow White, Snow runs away from her stepmother to avoid being killed from her stepmother's hatred of snow's beauty. The brother grimm version focuses mostly on Snow White's survival from her stepmother's tricks to kill her. The brothers grimm makes it seem that the only problem that snow white is facing is her stepmother. This is seen when the version is translated to “So she kept house for them. Every morning they went into the mountains looking for ore and gold, and in the evening when they came back home their meal had to be ready.” This shows how her life isn’t in danger when she isn’t in a situation brought by the queen. ( D. L. Ashliman) Similarly, Snow White and Huntsman also includes Snow white eluding her capture by the queen but brings Snow White in different situations presented to her that arises many other conflicts