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Princess Story Analysis: The Queen Snow White

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The Queen Snow White As a little girl I was fond by fairy tales and princesses stories. I am pretty sure that I am not the only one. Every little girl had a specific preferable princess due to the princess story, the princess personality, her look, or maybe her prince. My favorite princess was Snow White. I used to love the songs which were in the movie. I could watch the movie 3 times in the same day and not get bored. Despite watching the movie more than 300 times, today was the first time I read the story of Snow White. Grim brothers wrote a lot of fairy tales and “Snow white” is one of these stories. The original “Snow White” has more details than the one I read. However, I am going to analyze “Snow White” based on the version I read. The envy of the stepmother which she holds for Snow White is controlling the story events. Also, the grim brothers put a lot of symbols in the story. This all affected the princess's personality. First of all, the story has a lot of events which made it a great one. “Snow White” starts as any usual fairy tale. There was a king and a queen who lives in a happy kingdom. Grim brothers describe the queen as kind and loved by everyone. They mention this to tell the reader Snow White lost a huge part of kindness in her life when her mother died. Also, the grim brothers want the readers to feel sympathy for Snow White; …show more content…

I can say without any doubt, Snow White is a good role model for children. She could handle many difficult situations without becoming depressed or losing hope. Snow White took care of the seven dwarfs too. That means she is caring, kind, sweet and strong. What is better characteristic to have for becoming a role model than this? It is true she made a mistake by eating a thing from a stranger and entering the dwarf's home without permission. Yet, she has many positive things that over writes her

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