the brothers grimm: snow white
At the beginning of the story, the queen was sitting by an open window, and the winter snow pricked her finger like a needle, causing three drops of blood to drip on the snow and ebony window frame. Appreciating the mixed changes of the three colors, she said to herself, "Oh, how I wish I had a daughter with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood and hair as black as ebony window frames." Soon after, the queen did give birth to a daughter, white as snow, red as blood and black as ebony. They named her Snow White, and soon after, the queen died.
A year later, the king married a new wife. This wife is beautiful, but arrogant and proud. The new queen has a magic mirror. Every morning, she would ask, "I have a mirror. Who is the most beautiful person in this land? " . The magic mirror always answers, "My queen, you are the most beautiful in that land." The queen always feels very happy, because the magic mirror never lies. However, when Snow White was seven years old, she became as beautiful as an angel, even more beautiful than the queen. When the queen asked her mirror, she replied, "My queen, you are the most beautiful here. But Snow White is a thousand times more beautiful than you. "
The queen was shocked. Her face was blue and yellow with anger, and her heart was full of jealousy. At that moment, her heart began to hate Snow White. Jealousy and pride grew in her heart, which kept her awake all night. The queen ordered a hunter to take Snow White to the deepest part of the forest and kill her. She asked the hunter to bring back Snow White's heart to prove that Snow White was dead.
The hunter took Snow White into the forest, but when he raised his knife, he found that he could not kill her. Seeing the hunter's behavior, Snow White sobbed and begged the hunter, "Oh, dear hunter, please don't kill me!" " Let me know my own life, and I will run into the forest and never come back! The hunter thought that after he left Snow White, the girl would be eaten by wild animals. He asked a cook for the heart of a wild boar and gave it to the queen.
After winding through the forest for a few days, Snow White found a small villa belonging to the dwarfs. Because no one was at home, she ate some rice and drank some wine, and then made the bed. Finally, the assembled bed was enough for her to lie down comfortably, and she fell asleep on the bed. When the dwarfs came home, they immediately knew that someone had slipped in, because everything in the house was a mess. Now they talk loudly about who broke into their home, and finally find Snow White sleeping.
At this moment, the girl woke up and explained to them what had happened. The dwarf pitied her and said, "If you keep the house clean, cook, make the bed and quilt, wash clothes, sew and knit everything in order, you can live with us and you will have everything you want." But they warned her to be careful at home alone, not to run around in the mountains alone, and not to trust strangers.
At the same time, the queen asked her mirror, "I have a magic mirror." Who is the most beautiful in this land? " The mirror replied, "My queen, you are the most beautiful here. It is far from the home of the seven dwarfs, but Snow White is a thousand times more beautiful than you. " The queen was horrified to learn that the hunter had betrayed her and Snow White was still alive.
She thought about how to fool Snow White, and then she disguised herself as an old peddler. The queen went to the dwarf's villa, claiming that she could provide colorful and smooth shoelaces, and persuaded Snow White to choose the best shoelaces as a gift. Then the queen tied this magical shoelace tightly to Snow White's foot, and Snow White fainted. But when the dwarf came back, he found this situation, loosened the magic shoelaces and woke Snow White up again.
The next morning, the queen asked her mirror, and the mirror explained the news that Snow White was still alive. The queen was outraged. She disguised herself as a merchant selling combs and claimed to bring a beautiful comb as a gift for Snow White. While she was combing Snow White's hair, a poisonous magic comb made the girl faint, but the dwarfs came back and pulled out the comb to wake Snow White up again.
The next morning, the magic mirror told the queen that Snow White was still "a more beautiful woman than him". The queen's shock and anger at the news almost stopped her heart. As the third and last attempt, she secretly consulted the darkest magic and used a poisonous apple to pretend to be a farmer's wife. With this apple, she found Snow White. This time, because of the previous situation, the girl was unwilling to accept it at first, so the queen cut the apple in half, ate the white (harmless) apple herself, and gave the red (poisonous) part to Snow White.
As soon as Snow White took a bite, she fainted to the ground and couldn't wake up. The queen finally won. When the dwarfs returned to the villa, they found that they couldn't save the girl because they couldn't find the reason why Snow White fainted. They can only assume that she is dead. The dwarfs couldn't bear the loss of Snow White, so they put her in a crystal coffin and saw her every day.
Time flies. One day, a prince on a white horse passed by and found Snow White lying asleep in the coffin. He strode to her coffin, was deeply attracted by her beauty and fell in love with her at once. The seven dwarfs were moved by his plea and agreed to let him take away the crystal coffin containing Snow White. When the prince's servants carried the coffin away, there was a strong shock because of their huge movements.
The vibration made the poisonous apple shake out of Snow White's throat and finally woke her up. The prince then declared his love to her, and they soon made a wedding plan. The couple invited every queen and king on the mainland to the wedding, including Snow White's stepmother. At the same time, the queen still believes that Snow White is not alive and asks her magic mirror who is the most beautiful woman in this land. The magic mirror said, "You, my queen, are very beautiful. But the young queen of Prince Charming is a thousand times more beautiful than you. "
The incredible news shocked the queen, and her heart was full of fear and doubt. She hesitated about the invitation, but finally decided to go. She didn't know that the new queen was really her stepdaughter. She came to the wedding scene and was filled with deep fear. When she realized the final truth, she couldn't escape. As a punishment for her attempted murder, the prince dressed the queen in a pair of red-hot iron shoes. Then she was forced to enter the iron shoes and dance on the fire until she finally died.
Extended data:
Snow White is a character in fairy tales widely circulated in Europe. The most famous version of this story can be found in 's Fairy Tales of Grimm. It tells the story that Snow White was abused by the stepmother queen (the biological mother in the Grimm brothers' manuscript) and fled to the forest to meet seven dwarfs. Bater, a historian, said that the historical prototype of Snow White was Maria Sophia von Herta, who was born in Le-sur-Main, western Germany, on 1725.
The beautiful Snow White was killed by her stepmother's jealousy many times, and finally she was reborn with the help of the seven dwarfs and the prince. The queen who loves vanity and beauty always asks the mirror, "Mirror, mirror, who is the most beautiful woman in the world?" When the magic mirror said it was Snow White, the queen disguised herself as a witch and tricked Snow White into eating the poisonous apple. Snow White who ate the poisoned apple was saved by the prince who appeared later. Finally, the prince and the princess lived happily together, and the queen got the punishment she deserved.
The original Snow White is a very terrible story. In fact, many stories in the first edition of Grimm's fairy tales are not suitable for young children. There are many stories in Grimm's fairy tales that have deeper meanings.
In the original work, Snow White is cruel, arrogant and willful, suffering from "luxury syndrome", and has a proper relationship with her biological father, which drives her mother to a desperate situation; The prince has "necrophilia" and is not interested in real women. He was very disappointed when the princess woke up with a poisonous apple. Stepmother is not a stepmother, but a biological mother. She wanted to kill Snow White, and finally put on red-hot iron shoes and danced until she died. The seven dwarfs are dirtier. They took a fancy to the beauty of the princess and took her in.
At the end of the story, Prince necrophilia and the extravagant princess seem to appreciate each other's cruel personality, but it is not known whether they live a happy life in the end.
There are many ways to interpret this story. Some people even infer that Snow White is a vampire from her skin, red lips and black hair.
The whole story presents a gloomy tone and reveals human nature in an extreme way. In fact, incest existed within the royal family in the court of19th century. Burning red iron shoes was once a punishment for witches.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Snow White