The Fairest of All \\ attracting the jealous Queen, \\ blood red on white Snow.
#HAIKUPRAJNA - Little Snow White
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Hello readers,
Little Snow White is a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm about an evil Queen's attempts at killing her stepdaughter (or biological child if you are reading the original version).
Under Snow White's surface, the Grimms crafted a story about the dangers of allurement and envy. What was emphasized for me was the different forms of magic used in the story, from the Queen's wish upon the blood stained snow, to her use of a looking-glass to not only compare the Evil Queen's beauty with Snow White's, but for the Queen to also verify her own fairness, while employing disguises and alternate appearances against Snow White.
The Queen grew so jealous that she hired a huntsman. In an act of persuasion, Snow White begged for her life and, due to her beauty, was spared, so the huntsman tricked the Queen into eating what she thought was Snow White's heart, all of which acted as a display of Snow White's superior abilities over the Queen's.
The princess took shelter in the house of the Seven Dwarves who found and welcomed her to stay, provided she did their housework while they were mining for gold.
Meanwhile, the Queen used her magic looking-glass to be told how fair she was, only to be told that Snow White was living with the Dwarves.
The envious Evil Queen disguised herself, tricking Snow White with affordable trinkets in order to strangle her. When the Queen found she survived, the Queen poisoned her twice; the first toxic hair brush failing, the Dwarves at last found her dead from the apple.
The main takeaway from the Queen's failures was, despite her certainty of having finished the deed each time, she still needed confirmation from the looking-glass, contrasted with Snow White's doubtlessness.
The Dwarves shut her in a glass coffin, but the apple had only put her in a coma, so when another kingdom's Prince finds and wins her from the Dwarves with his profession of love, versus buying the sealed coffin, she awakens as a Queen.
The story ends with the jealous Evil Queen arriving at Snow White's wedding, only to be executed by being forced to wear red hot iron shoes, symbolizing the Evil Queen's fatal restlessness.
Thank you for reading.
Allen W. McLean
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