Why Is Snow White Bad

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There are a lot of myths that still exist in our generation. When we were young, our parents used to read us the fairytale story Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. We never thought about where the story came from. The story wanted to get the message of love across. But, like most stories, there was an antagonist. Snow White had to fight the bad queen from her poisonous apple fruit. The queen was jealous of Snow White and wanted the life that she had. As kids, we were not aware that the story depicted the base of Greek and Roman mythologies’ famous Aphrodite; goddess of love, sex, beauty, jealousy, and spite. With much analysis, one can understand how Snow White and the Wicked Queen shared a connection with Aphrodite and Venus. In Snow White the Queen is evil while Snow White is good. But, in Greek and Roman mythology, the good people are usually somewhere in between good and evil. They show a sense of humanity because, many people have bad sides to them. Not everyone can say that they are always good because you are good until you are put into a position where you have to go against that part of your character. After Snow White’s mother passed away, her father, who was the king, married a woman who happened to be wicked and cold hearted. She only cared about herself and her physical appearance. Just like a lot of other myths, the child is either …show more content…

So, she tried her best to kill her and sent her to the underworld, where she was rescued by Aphrodite's son Eros. Eros and Psyche married and lived happily ever after. In Snow White, the queen did not succeed in her wishes to bring down Snow White. In fact, just like Psyche and Eros, Snow White was able to find herself a charming prince to live happily ever after with. Their union signifies the displacement of the mother as the most important female in a son's life with the elevation of the

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