Good Girls Vs. Evil Girls

Last week in class we watched Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, comparing the evil step mother with Snow White. When we see the evil step mother, we noticed that she was more aggressive when talking with people, but was still beautiful in her own way. Also, she was dressed in dark clothing, and none of her body is showing so you can't see any of her figure. Her lips are bright red and match her red nail polish. Her voice was lower than normal, which is like giving her male attributes. As well, she is more mean and hurtful, and her aggression is put towards getting her own way. The evil step mother's plan is to hurt Snow White, which just shows another attribute she has, that she is mean to children, which women are suppose to love children. The evil step mother seems to describe what happens when women get too much power, or don't follow in her place in society. This movie seems to try and tear mothers and daughters apart, because the mother doesn't like the daughter. Apparently in the real story of Snow White, the evil step mother was actually Snow White's real mother, so the fact that in the movie it was changed, makes people wonder if they changed it because of the relationship aspect. In other young kids movies, there is an evil step mother as well, that treats one daughter worse than everyone else. Compared to her evil step mother, Snow White seems to symbolize what women should act like. She has a higher and sweeter voice, and doesn't look as scary as her evil step mother does. She never fights back, and apologizes for any trouble she has caused even if she wasn't the one who started it. Seeing the differences between these two characters in the movie, puts the movie in a whole new light. When you are young, you just see one of the women are bad, and Snow White is the good vulnerable one. but now looking at it in a different perspective, make the movie different. We also watched other clips of movies that portrayed women in different ways too. And now whenever I watch television, or a movie, I look to see how the women are shown, good or bad, or what language is used to describe the women.