Snow White

Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs was made in 1937 and was the first full length animated film. While watching the film you could tell that the environment, decor and fashion were from somewhere in Europe, my guess was Dutch? But it turns out to be German.

Snow White is known as the 'fat' princess, and in a way this is true, but when you look at the fashion of the 30's she is romantically accurate. By no means is she fat, but curvy could be argued. Her hair style is also very current to the times. Many pictures I looked up also have short, dark haired bobs.

As for the point of my study I am looking at the evil force in each of these movies and comparing them to the times and the intensity that comes across to the viewers.

Here we have a jealous Queen that practices witchcraft to disguise herself in order to kill the princess, Snow White. Witches have been talked about for centuries and were considered an evil all throughout the world. "Witchcraft came to be seen as a vast diabolical conspiracy against Christianity, and accusations of witchcraft led to large-scale witch-hunts, especially in Germanic Europe." - Wikipedia

This quote I found interesting because in the movie Snow White prays before bed which shows how popular/common Christianity was during that time and that it mentions Germanic Europe which is the location of the story.

As to the intensity of the Queen/Witch, I think it came off as strong but only lasted for a short bit considering she dies after poisoning Snow White. So I would give this movie four red apples out of ten for its scare level. While the Queen/Witch is rather unpleasant the evil and longevity of the character was not that bad.