Though Snow White might triumph in the tale, she will undoubtedly acquire a mirror after she marries, matures, and has children, and as the mirror reflects her aging and loss of beauty, she will be confronted by a young girl whose innocence and youth will spark her envy and hatred and perhaps drive her to eliminate her “competition.” It appears as though there is a vicious cycle that entraps women up through today. Everything is played out under the male gaze.
Alas for those girls who've refused the truth: The sweetest tongue has the sharpest tooth. - Jack Zipes
Alas for those girls who've refused the truth: The sweetest tongue has the sharpest tooth.
- Jack Zipes
Fairy tales begin with conflict because we all begin our lives with conflict. We are all misfit for the world, and somehow we must fit in, fit in wit… - Jack Zipes
Fairy tales begin with conflict because we all begin our lives with conflict. We are all misfit for the world, and somehow we must fit in, fit in wit…
Though Snow White might triumph in the tale, she will undoubtedly acquire a mirror after she marries, matures, and has children, and as the mirror re… - Jack Zipes
Though Snow White might triumph in the tale, she will undoubtedly acquire a mirror after she marries, matures, and has children, and as the mirror re…
Inevitably they find their way into the forest. It is there that they lose and find themselves. It is there that they gain a sense of what is to be d… - Jack Zipes
Inevitably they find their way into the forest. It is there that they lose and find themselves. It is there that they gain a sense of what is to be d…
It was not once upon a time, but a certain time in history, before anyone knew what was happening, that Walt Disney cast a spell on the fairy tale, a… - Jack Zipes
It was not once upon a time, but a certain time in history, before anyone knew what was happening, that Walt Disney cast a spell on the fairy tale, a…
If there is one ‘constant’ in the structure and theme of the wonder tale, it is transformation. - Jack Zipes
If there is one ‘constant’ in the structure and theme of the wonder tale, it is transformation.
Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been “a means to conquer the terrors of mankind through metaphor. - Jack Zipes
Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been “a means to conquer the terrors of mankind through metaphor.
The role of the storyteller is to awaken the storyteller in others. - Jack Zipes
The role of the storyteller is to awaken the storyteller in others.
The fairy tale emanates from specific struggles to humanize bestial and barbaric forces, which have terrorized our minds and communities in concrete … - Jack Zipes
The fairy tale emanates from specific struggles to humanize bestial and barbaric forces, which have terrorized our minds and communities in concrete …
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