The original version of Snow White
by the brothers Grimm is very different from the Disney Version of Snow White.
In the Disney version Snow White doesn’t have a father, the prince falls in
love with her in the beginning of the movie and the dwarfs all have names and
personalities. Disney did this for many reasons. The main reason was to make it
more appealing to children and the general public.
In the Grimm version the prince
only fell in love with Snow Whites beauty after she was already asleep and in
the coffin. When Snow White wakes up, after she spit up the piece of apple
lodged in her throat, she saw the prince and thought he really loved her so she
decided to marry him. In the Disney version the prince fell in love with Snow
White in the beginning when she was signing with all of the animals at the
well. He loved her even though she was just wearing raggedy old clothes. In the
end the prince saved Snow White when he kisses her because it is only true love
that brings Snow White back to life. The Disney version with the true love’s
kiss is more appealing to children and makes a better plot.
Another difference is the father
figure. In the Grimm version once Snow Whites stepmother tries to have her
killed you never hear of the father looking for her or even wanting to know if
she is okay. If a child were to watch that it would be disturbing and
depressing to watch a young girl’s father not care about her in the least,
expecially when young children look up to their parents the most. Disney took
care of this problem by making Snow White an orphan in the movie and not giving
her a father figure, just her evil stepmother. This puts more emphasis on how
evil the stepmother is and it makes the viewer’s sympathize with Snow White
more because she doesn’t have a father.
The
dwarfs are also a main attraction in the Disney version. Disney did this to
help entertain the public. In the Grimm version the dwarfs were just merely
little people who worked every day in a mine and that’s about it. In the Disney
version they all had names, personalities and special traits. They sang, and
loved Snow White very much. Kids and adults love this. The dwarfs were made
into cute characters that everyone instantly falls in love with.
Disney made all these changes to
make the plot more fun and interesting to people, which in return made his
version more popular to the public.
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