2/2/10. Snow White. Some Day My Prince Will Come?
Film Clip: Dinsey's Snow White Meets Prince
III. Lecture: Grimms' Tales & European Tradition
Grimms' /German Versions
Crystal Casket (Italy)
IV. In-Class Writing Assignment: Do you agree with the arguments of Gilbert & Gubar in "The Queen's Looking Glass"? Explain.
V. Lecture: "Some
Day My Prince Will Come"
Grimm's Snow White: The
Ending:
"Now it happened that a prince came
to the forest one day, and when he arrived at the dwarfs' cottage, he decided
to spend the night. Then he went to the mountain and saw the coffin with
beautiful Snow White inside. After he read what was written on the coffin
in gold letters, he said to the dwarfs, "Let me have the coffin, and
I'll pay you whatever you want." But the dwarfs answered, "We won't
give it up for all the gold in the world." "Then give it to me
as a gift," he said, "for I can't go on living without being able
to see Snow White. I'll honor her and cherish her as my dearly beloved." [apple
is dislodged from her throat] Then the prince added, "I love you more
than anything else in the world. Come with me to my father's castle. I want
you to be my wife." Snow White felt that he was sincere [after
she had been duped 3 times by the "sincere" queen!], so she went
with him, and their wedding was celebrated with much pomp & splendor." [Does
not end with "They lived happily ever after but
with torture & death of the evil Queen]
Fairy Tales, Romance, & Marriage:
Love, Marriage & Family Values in the Grimms' Tales
Courtship v. Marriage in FT:
VI. Final Film Clip: Willingham/Medina's Fables: Legends in Exile I