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Like Eve before her, Snow White is too weak to resist temptation and partakes of a poisoned fruit. She awaits redemption in the form of a dashing young prince. |
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In the original, I don't think she knew it was her daughter until the end, though. |
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I didn't know that about the original. I guess it makes a more dramatic finish. Still, hating women for the beauty you seek to cultivate yourself and competing in terms of phyiscal appearance is a theme that's still pervasive. I'm sincere when I say I agree it's not a story I want children to read.
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If we don't screen the television babysitter, why the heck should we bother with their literature? Geeze get with the program.
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Interesting question. Should we screen literature of this type? What about TV crap like the Disney channel. It tends to be very careful about avoiding sexit or racist plots and dialogue, but man does it serve up a heaping pile of steaming crap for kids. I cetainly acknowledge the themes of many fairy tales are not modern ones, but I am not sure avoiding the fairy tales, esepcially the actual grimm versions, which are usually quite different than the Disny-fied versions, is the answer. Yes, btw, we did read the actual tales to our kids. We tended to counter the impact of the themes by discussion and example. Mom is educqted and works. we don't take an axe and kill wolves or dogs. It is only a story. I think a child's cultural life should include these great tales of the past.
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