Comparing Jacob And Wilhelm Grimm's The Little Snow-White

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When you think of Kris Jenner, most people see “fashion icon,” however, is there a price for beauty? Many might even compare her to the Evil Queen from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s “The Little Snow-White.” When comparing the differences between Jacob and Wilhelm’s infamous villain, The Evil Queen, and modern day fashion star “momager,” Kris Jenner, it is stunning, and deserving of thorough examination. Both the Evil Queen and Kris Jenner are obsessed with beauty, but in contrast, they differ in their parenting styles and their ideas of beauty and reasons for harboring such an obsession. The Evil Queen and Kris Jenner display similarities in that they are both obsessed with beauty. The Evil Queen is fanatic about self beauty, and, one could argue that she is afflicted with egotism, seeking out any measure to assure her beauty. The same is said for her …show more content…

Kris Jenner is constantly being compared to her daughter, and to a higher degree of scrutiny than the Evil Queen herself. Today, we perceive Kris Jenner as a person who uses her and her daughter’s own beauty to achieve success. Kris Jenner is viewed as a person who will pull any stunt to maintain her relevance in the limelight. In the time of Grimm’s Evil Queen, a woman was not allowed to be educated, so beauty and virginity were seen as the most important features in a woman. A woman who was not beautiful or a virgin would have a very slim chance of marrying. Without marriage a woman could not change in status. This is why the Evil Queen went to the extent of attempting of having her daughter murdered to maintain her status. Beauty was of the utmost importance. This differs in today’s society as social classes are not as defined and women can be educated. Kris however, instead of urging her daughters to strive for education, still pushes her daughter to be the most beautiful they can

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