Breanna Tillman Tale English 9, hour 3 January 18, 2017 The Visit The dungeon was a miserable place. Light was scarce and flickered from the torches bolted to the cobblestone walls. Foul smelling water dripped inside from the moat circling the palace above. Large rats chased each other across the floor searching for food. This was no place for a queen. It was just past midnight and all was quiet except for the occasional movement of a chain. Through the heavy silence, a single set of footsteps echoed throughout the halls as someone climbed down the spiral steps into the dungeon. A young woman emerged down the steps dressed head to toe in a long emerald cloak. She cautiously made her way past the row of cells, sparking the interest of …show more content…
What?” her stepmother asked harshly. “Why” Snow White hesitated. “Why did you want me dead?” With this said, Snow White felt a weight lift off of her shoulders. She had finally asked the question that had been in her thoughts for years on end. Over half of the challenge was over. It was the first time in a long time Snow White had seen her stepmother's face. It was the face of a women who had once possessed beauty without flaw. The face of a women who had once been a queen. Now the women sitting before her is a prisoner whose face looks faded into a permanent sorrowful scowl. “Can you blame me for trying to find some sort of reason behind your actions?” says Snow White. The recent years of Snow White's life had become outrageous. Everyone knew the story of the princess who had stayed with the Seven Dwarfs while hiding from her jealous stepmother. Everyone knew of the infamous poisoned apple and the dazzling prince who had saved Snow White from death. The story was simple but the aftermath was not. Even with a new marriage and a monarchy to occupy her time, Snow White found herself constantly wondering if the theories of her stepmother's narcissism were true. Something inside of the queen's mind believed that someone couldn't be so …show more content…
A rock in the shape and size of a human heart was on a small table in the coroner of the cell. It was the only item the Evil Queen had been allowed to keep when she was arrested. Snow White recognized the stone from her childhood. It had always been very beloved by her stepmother. The Evil Queen had never let it out of her sight. Snow White had never been allowed to touch it or hold it but nothing was stopping her now. She walked across the cell picked it up and curiously stared down at it. It brought back so many memories. All the carelessness and sadness her stepmother has caused her as a child rushed through her. “All my life, only one thing I ever wanted,” Snow White said. “Your love. When I was younger I used to spend hours hiding in places just hopping you would notice I was missing but you never did. You spent most of your days in your chambers with your mirrors and your skin creams and this stone. You spent more time with strangers and anti aging methods than with your own daughter.” The Evil Queen didn't answer. “You tried to murder me four times. Three of which you attempted yourself I conceded,” Snow White said, shaking her head in disbelief. “When you dressed as an old women and came to the dwarfs cottage, I knew it was
...seems to have endured the most in his life. Not only did he spend his youth caring for his sick mother and then wife, but he now must live in the painful memory of how his life could have been if the accident never happened. The end of the book leaves the readers saddened and frustrated. Though the novella began with a plotline seemingly leading to an ending as cheery as that of Snow White, in the end, this beautiful maiden turned sour. In this storybook tragedy, “the lovers do not live happily ever after. The witch wins” (Ammons 1).
This creates sinister predators within her short stories through the use of empowering and dangerous women. in ‘The Snow Child’, the use of subversion turns the traditional fable of Snow White’s existence from maternal desire into a child who is the product of paternal desire and sexual fantasy. The original tale of Snow White explores a queen who is driven by her desire for beauty and youth, this is similar within ‘The Snow Child’ as the Countess becomes jealous of the child as the Count begins to favour her. The countess and the child are portrayed as binary opposites throughout the story; as one is clothed, the other is naked. This could reflect the importance of appearance within society, and explain the Countess’ antagonistic response to the child and acts of neglect due to her jealousy of the child’s beauty. Carter’s description of the Countess’ clothing leaves the reader with an idea of her dangerous nature; she wears “pelts of black foxes”, an association suggesting a predatory and cunning nature. She also wears “scarlet heels, and spurs” and it may be that the colour of the heels comes from the actions of the spurs, which adds to this idea of violence. We see this nature when she is threatened by the child regarding the Count’s affections, “wife” becoming “the Countess” in a shift emphasised by finally having her own thoughts and feelings in the
Have you ever seen snow before? That white fluffy stuff that covers the ground completely. Well if you have, I am sure you have overcome an obstacle in your life and have reached something “irreplaceable and beautiful” (102). Just like Sister Zoe had said when she saw that snow falling from the sky. This story was very enlightening because the way the author brought in herself and portrayed herself through the character Yolanda was very intriguing. She brought the subject to life in many ways. However, the author of “Snow” uses two specific elements, its symbolism and its character to prove how overtime one individual will be able to overcome obstacles. Not only does theses elements point this out but the narrator also makes an impact of the reader as well.
The language throughout Sexton's “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” likens Snow White more to an object than to any sort of sentient being. Vivid imagery, or descriptive language, is used to present a delicate and pristine sort of beauty to the reader. Snow White is said to have “cheeks as fragile as cigarette paper . . . rolling her china-blue doll eyes”(Sexton 3). This manner of comparison suggests that Snow White is beautiful because of the items of value that her physical attributes resemble. Comparing her to a doll is especially offensive because it suggests that she is a pretty, yet lifeless. It may also suggest that her actions depend on the whim of others as a dolls movements are controlled by a person. This sort of objectification is a vein that runs through every version of the Snow White tale to a degree. Snow White's name in and of itself is inherently objec...
her. Rebecca fills Mrs. De Winter’s thoughts and even dreams. In the end, Rebecca is
From the very beginning of the tale it is obvious that the Queen is obsessed with beauty, ?the King took another wife, a beautiful woman, but proud and overbearing, and she could not bear to be surpassed in beauty by anyone??(Grimm and Grimm 166). Further evidence of her narcissism is her daily ritual in which she consults her magic mirror on who is the most beautiful person in the kingdom. As she repeatedly expects the answer to be in her favor, she is outraged when it appears that Snow White has surpassed her. This information drives the Queen to hate Snow White and soon she orders her death. By looking at beauty as a commodity through which power can be gained, this action can be interpreted as a means for the Queen to preserve her power through beauty. The fact that Snow White was beautiful may not have been reason enough alone to kill her, but the fear that Snow White could use her beauty in orde...
As Snow White finds herself in the home of the seven dwarfs, she falls asleep and wakes up surrounded by the dwarfs who are interrogating her about her life. Snow White is very obedient, speaking only when spoken to and agreeing to do household chores in return for their protection of her. The dwarfs specifically tell her not to let anyone in the house while they are
The first portrayal of “Snow White” in 1930s showed the woman to be a product of the environment around her. The influence of the environment was depicted as having a great impact in influencing the character of women due to their naïve and weak nature (Cheu 135).
Throughout the history of folklore and fairytales, many interpretations of tales have been created and introduced. When exchanged, many details have been lost in translation, only to be redistributed as a similar tale following a certain moral. But throughout the life of the tale “Cinderella,” one objective has never been misconstrued; the social structure and the status Cinderella falls and rises to. Many fairytales display a rise and fall of a protagonist, often in the case of social classes. The many versions of “Cinderella,” including Ever After, exhibit a definite, strong, monarchical settlement with a defined arrangement of classes that create and develop the beloved character of Cinderella, or Danielle De Barbarac, herself.
The stepmother poisons an apple, Snow White eats it and then dies. After this, Gaiman’s version strays significantly from the fairy tale happy ending. As did the Queen’s and Snow White’s character change, so did the Prince’s. In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the prince kisses the princess and breaks the curse. In the Grimm brothers version, which is more like Gaiman’s, the piece of poisoned apple is dislodged from her throat and she comes back to life. In “Snow, Glass, Apples”, the prince’s true motives are uncovered. “He bade me remove my shift, and made me stand in front of the opened window, far from the fire, until my skin was chilled stone-cold. Then he asked me to lie upon my back, with my hands folded across my breasts, my eyes wide open – but staring only at the beams above. He told me not to move, and to breathe as little as possible. He implored me to say nothing”(Gaiman 342). The prince’s requests are strange and uncommon but the Queen complys. The prince is trying to make the Queen seem dead. This reveals the prince to be a necrophiliac, which is why he shows great interest when he first discovers Snow White’s body. He is willing to give the dwarfs anything in turn for Snow White’s corpse. They give it to him and while he is having his way with it, the piece of apple that is lodged in her throat becomes loosened and she comes back to life. Snow White stayed cold and always looked as if death was upon her, so the prince’s desire for her was not diminished when she awakened. The prince is not the valiant savior he is thought to be, but a lust driven necrophiliac in search of
Roses are red, violets are blue, Snow White has changed, everything’s new. This is a different beginning than the original story of Little Snow White by the Grimm Brothers and retold by the director Rupert Sanders, in the movie Snow White and the Huntsman. The original story portrays Snow White as a beautiful, but naive, young woman, leading up to her eating a poisoned apple from the evil queen. The evil queen has been jealous of Snow White after she has grown up and become more beautiful. Although in both the story and the movie, Snow White eats a poisoned apple, Snow White in Snow White and the Huntsman is portrayed as more brave and courageous, even after she wakes up from the poisoned apple. In the end, both the story and the movie show that Snow White’s triumphs out rules all, no matter what is thrown at her, but the difference is in how. While there are many common motifs across the story and the movie; Gender roles have changed over time, as shown in the
Her stepmother was jealous that Snow White was more beautiful than her and decided to kill her stepdaughter with a poisoned apple. The queen impersonated the role of a far gone in years lady and gave Snow White a beautiful apple. Once she bites the apple, she falls asleep until the prince comes to save her from the eternal sleep with his kiss. In these two interpretations, it is highlighted the evil part of the apple but this fruit is interpreted in the Norse mythology as a symbol of youth, a gift to the gods from the goddess Iduna. When the trickster god Lake allowed Iduna to be carried off to the realm of giants, the gods grew old and gray.
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 story across by using different colors, word usage, and scenes.
The comb is an example of having beautiful long hair in a female which is often classified with femininity. When the queen brushes Snow White’s hair she states “there my beauty” and “beauty wears at a good price.” This shows that the queen possibly acknowledges and identifies Snow White as her “beauty” which could support the statement that Snow White is just a figurative metaphor for the queen’s life and past beauty. It is further asserted when she says “Beauty wears at a good price” which suggests that her beauty is fading and price means aging and becoming a queen. The corset further alludes the theme of the queen’s insecurities but now implies that she might have lost not only her beauty but her youthful figure. The corset is seen as tool of beauty and the perfect figure; therefore, by using it as a way to kill Snow White, it shows that her youthful body has disappeared along with her beauty. The objects used to kill Snow White further alludes to the idea that the queen is feeling vulnerable and fragile in this fairytale as she continues to age. This provides a further insight into the queen’s
A year later the king remarried. One day when Snow White was seven years old, because she had become more beautiful than the queen, the Queen had a huntsman take the child into the forest to kill her and bring back “her lungs and liver as proof” (p.84). This is an example of evil falling upon those that are good. Instead of killing the girl, the huntsman told her to “Just run away, you poor child” (p.84). The huntsman killed a boar and took back the boar’s lungs and liver as proof instead. The queen tried several times throughout the story to kill Snow White because of her beauty; first by lacing her too tightly, then by leaving a poisoned comb in her hair, and finally by tricking her into eating a poisoned apple. These are all examples of evil falling upon those who a