SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Introduction

The gender differences of masculine and feminine is very prominent in the fairy tales. These tales create a perception in the mind of children that the role of a woman is take care of men, house, family, as well as the role of a man are to do the work. This essay analyzes the well-known poem “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” and the analytical work of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and Anne Sexton. In the fairy tale of snow white, this aspect was also high-flying, as snow-white was taking care of seven dwarfs; whereas, the seven dwarfs works on mines. The reason Snow white came to the forest and lives with dwarfs because she had few complexity in her life.

Discussion

Jacob and Wilhelm, in this poem demonstrate the dominance of men over women, and women are ordered by men. It was also evident from the tale that the dwarfs only allow her to stay with them as she will take care of them. Grimm brothers stated “The dwarfs said if you will take care of our house… you shall want for nothing” (p.128). In this quote asserts, the character of Snow white was illustrated as a virgin mother who take care of the house, such as clean the house, clean the dishes, do the cooking, and to look after dwarfs' house. This refers to a stereo type of woman, who looks after dwarf's house in their absence, while they were working in mines. They also asked her to cook and keep the food for them, as they need to relax after they came from their work. Furthermore, they ordered her to keep the door close when they were out. Here, the masculine dominance factor is seen in this poem. The dwarfs neglected Snow White's favor, and wanted the work to be done according to their wishes.

Anne Sexton articulated this poem and tries to show that the role of a man is difficult as he does the hard job, like dwarfs works on mines. On the contrary, the job done by the woman is comparatively easier, as she just has to take care of the house. However, Snow White was going through tough times in her life before meet the dwarfs. Sexton (1981) quoted “Snow White walked in the wildwood for weeks and weeks. (pp. 135)” This quoted illustrated that Snow White used to walk miles and miles in the forest, and at every turn her life was in danger, because of the hungry wolves present at each doorway. This extracted that the feminine character did not allow Snow White to ran away when the dwarf were not in the house, because at each doorstep in the forest wolves were present. Thus, Snow white was afraid to go in the forest. This also reflects that Snow White wanted to go forward or back, as she was facing hard times in ...