Snow White

Another famous fairy tale we all heard of is “Little Snow-White”, written by the Grimm brothers, Jakob and Wilhelm. This story is very different from the Disney version. The short story begins with Snow White’s mother passing away. The king remarries and the stepmother plans to kill Snow White because she is jealous of her beauty. The queen sends the huntsman to cut out Snow White’s lungs and liver so she can feast on them but the huntsman show mercy and lets her go.  Snow White meets the seven dwarfs and hides with them. However, the queen learns that she is still alive and attempts to kill her three times. In this story three times the charm and Snow White appears dead. The king’s son sees Snow White in her glass coffin and requests the dwarfs to let him have her. As the prince is carrying the coffin he trips and the poisonous apple comes out of her mouth and she is back from the dead. She becomes queen and the stepmother is put into some hot iron slippers and dances until she is dead.

                Snow White is only seven in this story compared to the Disney version where she is an adult. The queen attempts to kill her three times. First, she put Snow White’s laces on to tight, and then gives her a poisonous comb, then finally gives her a poisonous apple that seems to do the trick. Not only has the queen dressed up as an old lady and fools Snow White three times but Snow White appears to be naïve. You would think after two death experiences that she would get the hint. I am very fond of this story because of the unknown events that people never here about. Such as, the first two killing attempts or the queen becoming a cannibal or when Snow White is having zombie-like characteristics by coming back from the dead so many times. Or even when the queen danced to her death in a pair of hot iron shoes. In my opinion this has to be the best ending to a fairy tale. It is the little unexpected events that makes a story memorable.