Disney v. Grimm Snow White

Lauren Kircher
29 September 2019
Snow White Comparison

In the Grimms' version of the original tale of Snow White, the Queen tells the huntsman to bring her the heart and lungs of the child for her to eat. The Queen also has to try and kill Snow White three separate times, with lace, a comb, and finally with the poisoned apple. Snow White becomes victim to the poison apple and is later woken when her coffin is being carried away for the prince and it jolts the apple out of her throat. In the Disney version it is only asked that Snow White to be killed. There's no explicit mention of cannibalism. The only method that the Queen uses in this version is the poisoned apple. Snow White is later "saved" by a prince who comes and kisses her awake. Disney left out the most gruesome aspects of the tale and created it to have a more kid-friendly storyline. Disney contaminates all the fairy tales for their directed audience, children and their parents. No parents would let their child watch a film where the evil step mother (the queen) dies while dancing with hot iron slippers. Disney modified all of the tales to sell the idea that was believed to be the most acceptable.

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