Snow White
"The child with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood and hair
as black as a raven's wing." These are the words that embark one of
the most famous fairy tales that we have grown to love. The story of
Snow White has many renditions but one of the more popular versions
was given to us by the Grimm Brothers in 1819. Snow White's story is
the tale of a wicked stepmother's jealousy for her husband's daughter,
after the husband became the widower of his first wife, who died while
giving birth. As the story enfolds, Snow White runs for her life into
the forest to get away from the evil stepmother. In the forest she
meets the seven dwarfs. While finding shelter with the seven dwarfs,
Snow White encounters the wicked stepmother disguised as an old beggar
women for whom Snow White finds compassion. With three attempts the
wicked Stepmother tries to kill Snow White but eventually perishes
herself. Once again good prevails over evil as Snow White wins the
heart of the prince.
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