Whitney Hendricks Personal #1 Snow White

I thought that our discussion on myths and fairy tales was really interesting and something I could definitely relate to. I grew up watching Disney movies, reading fairy tales, and playing make believe, as most children my age did. My favorite characters were princesses, so when we were discussing fairy tails I thought of one of my favorites, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Although I never noticed at the time, Snow White contains some apparent biblical content. I remember in particular learning in Sunday School about some of the references we could find in some of the Disney movies. I believe that the most prominent religious symbol in Snow White would have to be the apple. We were first introduced to poisonous fruits in chapter two of the book of Genesis, the story of Adam and Eve. God warns Eve that she is not to eat the forbidden fruit form the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil or she will die. Eve did not have the intentions of eating the fruit God told her not to touch until a snake in a tree told her that it was okay. The witch in Snow White reminded me of this snake, they were both evil creatures that wanted to harm an innocent woman. The witch offered her an apple, even knowing she shouldn't eat from a stranger, Snow While decided to take a bite anyways. After tasting the poisonous apple, Snow White went into a deathly sleep. Although Eve did not die, she no longer had God's spirit with her. I found the meaning of the word apple to be very interesting and has a deep connection to the film. Apple comes from the Latin word “malum”, which means evil. It has never been said what kind of fruit it was that Eve ate, but we have always seen it as something sort of like an apple.