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    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

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    change the “original” grimm’s brothers fairy tales to the typical “happily ever after” style? Maybe because the stories were to dark and disturbing for younger audiences. Like in the snow white where the queen ask for the lungs and liver to eat the next night… the first example and probably most “R” rates is “Snow White”. this disney story is about a young lady that is claimed to be the fairest in the land. So a evil queen gets jealous and tries to get a huntsman to kill her but the huntsman can't

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    Fairy tales like Snow White and Cinderella both contain the struggle of good vs. evil. The struggle of good vs evil in these tales teaches us that good always prevails over evil. The fairy tales often times contain common elements that represent good and evil in the story. Both of these tales show the good and evil elements in similar forms. Both tales have the same outcomes where good prevails and they live happily ever after. These tales expose important concepts like good and bad for young

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    Brother 's Grimm Reality of Snow White Disney is known as a company that has produced all the classics. A majority of the movies that Disney has produced, comes from Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales, and Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales have been known for being gory and unpleasant towards certain people. Disney has always been a family friendly company, so they had to change the gory and unpleasant theme of the story to something with a childlike theme. The Disney version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, for

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    Task 3: Issue 1: Representations of Women in Cultural Texts Snow White vs Jane and the Dragon Fairy tales are passed down through the generations. However, fairytales are embedded with gender dichotomies which stem from a dominant social ideology of patriarchy which put men above women. Traditional fairytales encourages women to be passive, gentle, eager to marry and have children, if they get in trouble and need help, they have to have self-restraint and wait for a handsome strong prince to rescue

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    The movie Snow White and the Huntsman was released in 2012 and directed by Rupert Sanders. The film is a new look into an old and beloved classic fairy tale: Snow White. Snow White, played by Kristen Stewart is the film ' main protagonist. Her dark villain is the evil Queen, Ravenna, portrayed by Charlize Theron. In this version of the tale, Snow White has escaped from the Queen all on her own and is desperate to get to Duke Hammond, the last hope for her country. Snow White has traveled across

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    alternative story lines have been derived. The tales of Snow White and Enchanted depict how overtime fairy tales have been modernized to fit present day entertainment preferences.     In the original telling, the story line was very traditional with a short character list. In the revamped version the character list was expanded and even switched around. There are several factors that set the two stories apart. For instance, the evil stepmother. In Snow White, The Wicked Witch is so jealous of her stepdaughter's

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    Most of us grew up watching and reading the stories of Cinderella, Snow White and, Sleeping Beauty all of which were produced by Disney. But what if I told you that the versions you grew up watching and reading are far from the original versions depicted by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, better known as the Brothers Grimm. In their tale of “Cinderella” there was no fairy godmother, the step sisters cut off portions of their feet to fit into the slipper and none of the animals talked or sang, but rather

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    relationship expectations portrayed in Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and Frozen, and how closely they mesh with relationship expectations of their time. The movies Snow White and Frozen seemed like good examples because they have a lot of similarities as well as differences. In both Disney movies the princess meets a man, but the expectations and interactions between princess and man are vastly different. They both also have other people in their lives. Snow has the dwarves and Ana has her sister

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    Once upon a time, in the twenty-first century, lived a lovely upper-class girl with skin as white as snow. She was so white that she was named Snow White. Unfortunately, her mother conveniently died in a freak clown attack when Snow White was a baby and her father remarried. Snow White’s new mom was very pretty, with her botox injected lips and her makeup caked face, but she was also very vain. The wicked stepmother wanted to be the most beautiful lady in the kingdom and she would often ask Siri

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