In Snow White by Brothers Grimm, Snow's evil step-mother is faced with burning envy and resentment toward Snow White because as Snow matures into a young lady, she is more desirable than the step-mother (84). Based on the Grimm Brothers' version of Snow White, the film Mirror, Mirror directed by Tarsem Singh, the step-mother holds true to her jealousy of Snow White (Singh, 2012). In both Snow White tales, the audience sees how the step-mother uses her fear of growing old and not being as desirable to fuel her anger toward Snow and justifying her reason to kill her. ... However, the s...

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The symbol of white as being "pure" can alone be seen in the name of the girl and the fairy tale "Snow White". Anne sexton goes on in her version to show Snow White as being dumb because of opening the door for the evil stepmother to try to kill her three times in a row. ... Sexton mentions Snow White's "doll eyes," Sleeping Beauty as a "little doll child," and Cinderella and her prince like "two dolls in a museum case." ... On the other hand, the stepmothers in "Snow White" and "Cinderella" have an obsession with their mirrors. ...

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This will be done through the use of Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper written by Perrault, Snow White collected by the Grimm Brothers, Beauty and The Beast by Mme Le Prince De Beaumont, the use of Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth, and Susan Sellars" Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Women's Literature. ... This is very evident in the fairytale, Snow White. Snow White is "fairer than you [Queen],"(Brothers Grimm, pg. 35, Classics of Children's Literature fifth edition, Grffith and Frey, 2000) and is seen as a good woman. ... In fact, it was Snow White's beauty that event...

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As little girls, we grew up to the stories of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and Beauty and the Beast. We based our dreams on these tales of love at first sight, being swept off our feet and falling for our Prince Charming on a white horse; we dreamed of our first kiss being the most memorable moment of our life; we dreamed of being so beautiful that when our prince looked at us, he couldn"t look away; we dreamed of being saved. ...

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The earliest known version of the Rumpelstiltskin story was published sometime between 1575 – 1590 by Johann Fischart (Source 8). The earlier versions of this story such as Tom Tit Tot, Whuppity Stoorie, Tyrolese, and others, tell a tale of a power struggle between a higher force and a vulnerable ...

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