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Elyazam, Avital

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Fairy Tales Honors Assignment

 

Midterm Paper:

Elyazam Visual Analysis Paper

I also pasted it below just in case you cant access it!

The painting is by Gustav Tenggren and is painted in the year of 1923: 

snow white painting.docx

(also found on page 91 of the ACFT)

 

Final Paper:

Fairy Tale: Snow White

Topic: The evolution of the tale to be an agent of socialization to be a form of escapism during the greatest recessions in history. 

 

  • Snow White is a ATU 709 tale. Here is a link to other ATU 709 tales.

FINAL PAPER LINK:

final paper.docx

 

 

Thesis:

Honors Paper:

Fairy Tale: Snow White

Topic: The shift from an agent of socialization to a form of escape during the great depression

Thesis: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" evolved from a simple story meant to socialize young children to becoming a story of hope designed to help it's readers escape from the horrid reality that the  Great Depression offered.

Comments (3)

Avital Elyazam said

at 3:14 pm on Mar 26, 2014

INTRO INSERTED HERE
The Grimm brothers had always meant their tale of Snow White to be one of sexual purity meant to instill the Victorian value system within European children. Their story focuses much of its attention of the feminine beauty, personality, and actions of the protagonist Snow White. Snow White is foiled by the Evil, sexually impure Queen. Throughout the Grimm tale, the Evil Queen continuously tries to kill Snow White. The focus is solely on this murderous rampage and the continuous survival and success of the pure, and good protagonist. Even the three items used by the Queen in her rampage are symbols of contemporary beauty. These was the lace, the comb, and the apple. In the end, Snow White’s purity wins her the incredible gift of life, but most importantly the needed gift of a husband. In Victorian society, the focus of the Grimm story made it one of the most famous of its time and some of the Grimm aspects of the tale still remain even today to portray certain feminine ideals that have remained prominent in society.
One of the most unevolved aspects of the story that have made it attractive to the movie business today is the abstract ideas behind the consuming antagonist. The Evil Queen is one of the only antagonists in fairy tales to physically consume her victims to remain alive and powerful. The symbolism behind this consuming antagonist is so great that producers have wisely chosen this fairy tale during multiple recessions to embody the ideals behind the all-consuming “evil government”.

Avital Elyazam said

at 3:14 pm on Mar 26, 2014

”. In the Grimm tale the focus remains on sexual purity and the evil consumption of this purity. In modern tales, perpetuated by Disney and Sander, the focus shifts to a different form of purity. This purity is more a purity of self and focuses on morality. These values are idolized in society today especially when corruption and other negative factors seem to be consuming the government. In the end, the consuming antagonist becomes the bonding factor for people during a recession—a common enemy that the people can battle and overcome. These Snow White movies help people feel as if they can help the government return to its “pure self” and that’s why this tale continuously returns as a tale of unity, and hope.


Avital Elyazam said

at 3:15 pm on Mar 26, 2014

SORRY THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I COULD ADD WHAT I HAD. IT WOULD NOT LET ME POST MY OUTLINE THOUGH:/

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