Feminism in Snow White?
I am working on a project where I have to teach the class about feminism in Snow White. Can anyone tell me some examples you can think of. Or can someone tell me some ways to teach it to a class, like an interactive lesson? I'll give away best answer points :)
Why does the Evil Queen feel threatened by the beauty of Snow White, the single one girl the king will not leave her for?
This gets explored a lot more in “Once Upon A Time”.Even if you set aside the stable boy part of the plot, Snow basically takes all of her father’s attentions. The Queen is supposed to be the wife, the most beloved, and most adored, and yet The King dotes on his daughter more than anyone. It’s as if The Queen does not exist - she might as well be invisible. A piece of furniture, or jewellery.The entire kingdom revolves around making life perfect for the girl - for Snow - and The Queen is jealous, fill with rage stemming from envy.And because Snow is “the fairest of them all” the entire kingdom loves her - although I did always wonder if that was true. Whether Snow was truly the most fair, most beautiful in the land, or whether the entire kingdom loved here because they saw that The King loved her, and how happy she made The King. If he was a benevolent, wise monarch, and the people loved him, then it kind of stands to reason they would love anyone who made him happy, and if his daughter made him happy they would love her as well.But I digress.The Queen was supposed to be the one who filled the void when the King’s wife died, but the entire kingdom loved Snow. And The Queen hated that, and she hated Snow because of it.
How did Snow White get married to her prince and start her family at only 14 years old?
Let’s ignore the fact that Snow White had already lived with 7 men before she got married. Sure, they may have been a little short, but they were still men. (And if we’re talking about the Brothers Grimm story, they were actually arses who beat her and sexually assaulted her. But I’m presuming we’re looking at Disney’s Snow White, so let’s go with that.)Let’s ALSO ignore the fact that we’re talking about a story where her stepmonster talked to a mirror that talked back to her.AND that the stepmonster could turn from a “beautiful” woman into a crone and poison a frickin’ apple.But we’re questioning her getting married at 14? Oh-kayyy.In case one’s sexual education was sorely lacking in school, once a girl gets her first period - which typically happens somewhere between 10 and 13 - she can get pregnant. Also, back in the days of the Brothers Grimm, 14 was a fine age for a girl to get married.Juliet was only 13 when she married Romeo, who may have been anywhere from 16 to 21. No big deal.With the stepmonster out of the way, Snow White was able to marry her Prince Charming without needing parental consent. So after he saved her and they left the dwarves, there were no barriers to their marriage and starting a family.Which was how they were able to live happily ever after.Now, should we talk about how old Sleeping Beauty really was when she woke up?
Moral lessons from the story snow white?
There are many, many versions of the story of Snow White, but I am basing my answer on the Disney version, since it is the one that most people are familiar with. I think the story of Snow White has two major morals, one for adults (women mostly) and a second for children. The first moral is a focus on vanity, the other "Don't ever take candy from a stranger" I think we can say that the second is pretty self explanatory, and I am sure you have guessed what part of the story I am referring to there. But diving deeper into the subject of vanity: A recap- The Queen is very vain. She has never cared for anyone but herself, and especially not for her husbands daughter. She prefers to spend her days applying makeup and curling her hair, perfecting her image. And her head is made larger with every passing day by the compliments she receives from her enchanted mirror. She never expects that anyone would surpass her in beauty. But one day her brown nosing friend inside the mirror, who can only tell her the truth, gives her title to the young maiden. Deranged and furious she demands the young girls heart, only when it stops beating will she be content. Her love of her own reflection has driven her to insanity, she would rather take a life than be considered second best. In the end her vanity betrays her, she is so obsessed with wanting to be the most lovely that she distorts her appearance to look like a humble haggard beggar to win over Snow Whites trust. When the young girls seven friends catch the Queen on their property a chase ensues and the Queen dies haggard and ugly. Her vanity is her own demise.
Why are queens portrayed as evil in Disney movies?
I find your question rather strange because I checked out the list of Disney villains in the wikipedia article and of the 33 villains in that list only two of them are actual queens: the Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland. And both of these movies are based on adapted stories from another source so you can’t blame Disney for that.Keep in mind that many Disney animated movies feature a girl or young woman as the main character and so the main villain as a counter point will also be a female, usually an older version of our main character.
Snow White: why does it posses a timeless quality?
If you are asking about the folktale it's not just Snow white all folktales despite the counties from where were originated will always be appreciated and loved by generations. One reason is we all learned these tale (at least the children's version of Brothers' Grimm) when we were little. They were our very first picture books. Then there's the Disney versions (which don't like as an adult, they ruin the actual quality of the real story in folklore) which we loved as kids. Then I guess the mystery behind them. I've read at least 15 different cultural versions (not the retellings) of this. Even in the First edition of Brothers' Grimm it's SW's own mother tries to kill her not the step mother, they later changed it to a step mother thinking it would be too dark. Above are the reasons who I feel they all are timeless.
2-5 minute female monolgue from a published production?
here's one it's from the wicked queen: I am so sick of being called the Wicked Queen! I am not wicked, I'm obsessive. There's a big difference. All I ever wanted was to be the fairest in the land. Maybe attempted homicide was a bit extreme, but that doesn't make me evil. Do you have any idea what it's like to constantly be around someone you know looks better than you? It's terrible! Besides, I was doing a favour for all of humankind. That girl is just too happy for her own good! I was so sick of the blue birds flying around the castle all the time. Who do you think cleaned that up? It wasn't Snow White, I'll tell you that. I never made her do any chores. She's just like my friends stepdaughter, refuses to let anyone else lift a finger and then turns it around and makes us look bad. I'm telling you, that Cinderella girl should get together with Snow White. Let them fight it out as to who gets to do the work. It's like some kind of . . . complex or something. All I'm saying is that it wasn't completely my fault, but I'm still destined to go down in fairy tale history as "the wicked queen." Please help me to stop this ugly rumour about my actions. Oh dear, I better go. I have to do my community service sentence: cleaning up after those dwarfs. I would have rather done hard time, but what can expect from a jury of playing cards? here's one from legally blonde it's the movie though: Elle: On our very first day at Harvard a very wise professor quoted Aristotle... "the law is reason free from passion." Well...no offense to Aristotle, but in my three years at Harvard I have come to find that passion is a key ingredient to the study and practice of law...and of life. It is with passion, courage of conviction, and strong sense of self that we take our next steps into the world. Remembering that first impressions are not always correct, you must always have faith in people, and most importantly...you must always have faith in yourself. Congratulations class of 2004...we did it! break a leg♥
For those who oppose the Harry Potter book series due to witchcraft???
You cannot use something evil (witchcraft) for good. God tells us that witchcraft is not of Him, therefore is not good. My daughter brought home a Potter book in which we felt there was a mocking of Christ. Somewhere in the book was a reference to a text book for the students on "transfiguration." Many Christians have an issue with the moral ambiguity presented in the books. Rowling has presented a world where moral questions do not always have clear answers, and this presents an issue for some parents who feel her characters are not being appropriate role models for their children. There are good characters that commit murder and other good characters that lie and steal. Some characters are considered "evil," but Rowling presents them as having a psychology that makes them somewhat sympathetic. Also, there are some references to swear words that offend some Christian teens and adults. As far as the other stories you reference, most of them put witchcraft squarely in the hands of evil people, which lines up with God's Word.