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    This document analyzes the fairy tale "Snow White" from an archetypal perspective. It identifies three key archetypes present in the story: [1] The evil stepmother as the villain who is driven by jealousy of Snow White's beauty to repeatedly try to kill her. [2] The dwarfs acting as mother figures by providing Snow White protection and care in their home. [3] The repeated phrase describing Snow White as "white as snow, red as blood, and black as ebony" which connects themes of beauty, innocence, and honesty throughout the story. Examining these archetypes provides insight into recurring patterns and meanings in the classic fairy tale.

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    This document analyzes the fairy tale "Snow White" from an archetypal perspective. It identifies three key archetypes present in the story: [1] The evil stepmother as the villain who is driven by jealousy of Snow White's beauty to repeatedly try to kill her. [2] The dwarfs acting as mother figures by providing Snow White protection and care in their home. [3] The repeated phrase describing Snow White as "white as snow, red as blood, and black as ebony" which connects themes of beauty, innocence, and honesty throughout the story. Examining these archetypes provides insight into recurring patterns and meanings in the classic fairy tale.

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    This document analyzes the fairy tale "Snow White" from an archetypal perspective. It identifies three key archetypes present in the story: [1] The evil stepmother as the villain who is driven by jealousy of Snow White's beauty to repeatedly try to kill her. [2] The dwarfs acting as mother figures by providing Snow White protection and care in their home. [3] The repeated phrase describing Snow White as "white as snow, red as blood, and black as ebony" which connects themes of beauty, innocence, and honesty throughout the story. Examining these archetypes provides insight into recurring patterns and meanings in the classic fairy tale.

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    Fairytale Analysis

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    This document analyzes the fairy tale "Snow White" from an archetypal perspective. It identifies three key archetypes present in the story: [1] The evil stepmother as the villain who is driven by jealousy of Snow White's beauty to repeatedly try to kill her. [2] The dwarfs acting as mother figures by providing Snow White protection and care in their home. [3] The repeated phrase describing Snow White as "white as snow, red as blood, and black as ebony" which connects themes of beauty, innocence, and honesty throughout the story. Examining these archetypes provides insight into recurring patterns and meanings in the classic fairy tale.

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    Di Febo !

    Gabriella Di Febo

    Mr. Matchen

    ENG4U-01

    24 February 2020

    Fairytale Analysis

    When examining "Snow White" from an archetypal perspective, it becomes clear that the story

    shows readers many narratives like villains and mother figures and connections within the text. These

    examples present in the storyline can allow readers to see in-depth the recurring patterns that may not be

    present unless looking at the text through an Archetypal perspective.

    When reading this story, you can see a common connection between the common narrative of a

    villain and the stepmother to Snow White in this story. Her hatred since Snow White's birth has

    progressively grown over the years until Snow White is said to be "a thousand times fairer than you." This

    comment infuriates the Queen and makes her character have mortal thoughts about taking Snow's White's

    life so she can be the fairest of all. The Queen's role of being the villain in Snow White's life progresses

    throughout the storyline. With the help of a huntsman, she plans for him to take Snow to the woods, kill

    her and "bring her lungs and her liver" as a sign of proof that she's dead. Her plan backfires as the

    huntsman spares Snow's life. The Queen then has several methods that failed when she tried to strangle

    her to death and poison Snow when she brushes her hair. All attempts failed until the Queen took drastic

    measures to poison her resulting in death. These attacks towards Snow's life ultimately portray the Queen

    to be the villain in this story.

    Another connection readers can see when connecting this story to an archetypal perspective is the

    idea of the dwarfs being the "mother figure" towards Snow White. The mother figure can be described as

    someone providing physical and or mental protection towards the characters. In this case, the dwarfs give

    Snow White somewhere to live, food to eat and a job to complete in exchange for her staying in their

    house. Not only did the dwarfs give Snow proper living accommodations but vowed to protect her from

    the Queen and gave her instructions on what to do when they were gone. After each deadly attempt from
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    the Queen, the dwarfs did there best to keep Snow safe. Although these instructions were not followed,

    they still can show a great connection between the dwarfs and the idea of a "mother figure" in this story.

    A final connection towards "Snow White" and archetypal perspective in this story is the idea of

    repetition and simile. In the phrase, "if only I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black

    as the wood in this frame." This passage is continuously repeated throughout the story, and the phrase

    used "as" to connect the ideas and the meaning. This passage occurs many times in the story as it

    combines the villain's motive of not being considered the "fairest of all" to Snow White's true born beauty.

    When Snow White's mother says, "child as white as snow," she refers to the true innocent beauty that the

    child will be born with and grow into. When the mother continues to say "as red as blood," the child

    should be authentic and as honest to fully live her life. The final part continues with "as black as the wood

    in the frame," which can refer to Snow White black hair. This common phrase is repeated in this story

    with the connection to repetition and a simile.

    Therefore readers can view this text from an archetypal perspective as many ideas are leading

    towards the timeline in literacy theory. The reappearing villain and mother figure and images present in

    this story help to shape the meaning of this text and connect each idea to another.

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