The specific observations Of the story “Little Snow White” that strike to me as relevant is the womanly feeling of insecurity, empowerment and jealousy. The stepmother is obsessed with being seen as the most beautiful that she will go through great measures to make sure her only competition and the only girl to be seen as beautiful as her is dead. “The queen took fright and turned yellow and green with envy. From that hour on whenever she looked at Snow-White her heart turned over inside her body, so great was her hatred for the girl. The envy and pride grew ever greater, like a weed in her heart, until she had no peace day and night.” To feel such hatred for a girl only because of her beauty is a shallow, insecure thing of a woman to do.
The position of a woman and her role compared to a man is relevant and seen in this story as well. The way the dwarfs allow her to stay because she is so beautiful, they expect her to do her womanly duties such as clean and cook while they do their jobs outside in the world. “The dwarfs said, “If you will keep house for us, and cook, make beds, wash, sew, and knit, and keep everything clean and orderly, then you can stay with us, and you shall have everything that you want.” It also brings into light how beauty in a girl can affect her life in beneficial ways where she is more likely to receive help and how it can be negatively affected in a sense where other woman would be jealous where they will wish bad upon you or do bad to you themselves.
