the first snow white story was written in 1812.
the first snow white story was written in 1812.
when was the first snow white story written?
1812
the brothers grimm story of “snow white” takes an unusual turn from its other fairy-tale counterparts in that it can be interpreted as a story with a lesson centered around desirable qualities for women. the queen’s -- snow white’s step-mother -- defining characteristic is her cunning, or intelligence, whereas snow white’s is her beauty. snow white consistently foils the queen’s jealous attempts to kill her because strangers pity and help her due to her childlike innocence and beauty. for example, the huntsman, who was ordered to kill snow white, describes her as a “pretty child” and lets her go, which carries over to when the seven dwarfs decide not to cast her out when they find snow white in their home. even when the queen devises the poison apple and kills snow white, she is saved by the prince because he finds her to be “the fairest of them all.” the queen dies at the end of the story while snow white lives happily ever after with the prince, implying that the queen’s cunning was not enough to counter the power of snow white’s elegance. this suggests that the moral of the story is that beauty is more desirable than intelligence. despite the modern connotations of this concept, one must consider the time period at which the story was written; snow white as told by the brothers grimm was first published in 1812, where at the time, it was arguably common place for women to be viewed as objects instead of people.
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bullet::::- "snow, glass, apples", a 1994 short story written by neil gaiman.









































bullet::::- "tímakistan" (2013), a novel by andri snær magnason, an adaptation of "snow white".









































bullet::::- "boy, snow, bird" (2014), a novel by helen oyeyemi which adapts the snow white story as a fable about race and cultural ideas of beauty.









































bullet::::- "winter" (2015), a novel by marissa meyer loosely based on the story of snow white.









































bullet::::- "sadie: an amish retelling of snow white" (2018) by sarah price
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