"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is one of the best fairy tales created in the 19th century. Who wrote the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"? These were Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, German linguists who wrote fairy tales in their free time from their main work. Many of the writings of the brothers are known throughout the world, such as “The Brave Tailor”, “Hansel and Gretel”, “Bremen Town Musicians”. Among these stories, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs occupies a special place, a fairy tale by the Grimm brothers published in Germany in 1812.
Queen
On a winter day, the queen sat by the window, doing needlework, and suddenly pricked her finger with a needle. A drop of blood appeared. She looked out the window and wanted to give birth to a child, white as snow, rosy as blood, with hair black as pitch. Soon it happened, the queen gave birth to a daughter - white, ruddy, black-haired. Yes, the trouble is - the woman died during childbirth. The king burned, and a year later he married another woman.
Stepmom and stepdaughter
The new wife of the king did not like his daughter, the beautiful Snow White.
The authors presented the classic plot of the confrontation between the unkind stepmother and the unloved stepdaughter as a temporary triumph of hatred over innocence with the inevitable destruction of evil forces at the end of history. So the main idea of ​​the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was born. It is that good must triumph sooner or later.
The Grimm brothers worked on the German dictionary when they came up with the idea to write the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", the main idea of ​​which was to overcome the difficulties that fell on the princess. The girl went through all the trials helped her natural kindness. This is also the main idea of ​​the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". The benevolent character of the princess, which her stepmother forced to walk in torn clothes and perform the most dirty work, did not allow her to become hardened. The princess was cheerful, and even when she had to wash the stone steps of the palace with a rag, she sang.
Everyone loved the princess. Pigeons cooed, sitting on her shoulders, birds flew from the forest to chat with the girl. Only her stepmother hated her stepdaughter for her beauty. And this is also the main idea of ​​the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Love and evil, how far they are from each other!
Evil witch
At this very time, the queen communicated with her magic mirror. Every day she listened to eulogies from an enchanted reflection that she was "sweeter in the world, all blush and whiter." However, one morning the magic mirror said that the queen was no longer the most beautiful in the world. It was a blow to the vanity of a conceited woman. In a fury, her stepmother smashed the mirror and called the huntsman, her confidant.
The queen ordered the hunter to take Snow White to the forest to pick a bouquet of meadow flowers and then kill the hated stepdaughter. As proof that the princess is dead, the huntsman was supposed to bring her heart to the casket.
The escape
However, in the forest, Snow White was so sincerely pleased with the birds, the sun and flowers, that the hunter, who also had a daughter, dropped his knife and repented of his planned atrocity. He warned the princess of imminent danger, advised her to run away and not appear again in the palace. Frightened Snow White ran into the thicket, hoping to find salvation there.
The girl suffered in a dark forest - tree branches whipped her in the face, sharp thorns of wild wild rose tore her dress. In the end, she fell on the grass and lost her senses. The main idea of ​​the fairy tale “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” consists, among other things, in the heroic stamina of the defenseless princess. In the morning she woke up with the first rays of the sun, small animals ran around - chipmunks and hares, squirrels and hedgehogs. Everyone wanted to get acquainted with Snow White and help her with something.
House in the forest
Tired of unexpected adventures, the princess allowed her new forest friends to take herself deep into the forest. Among the trees stood a lonely house. Snow White went inside and was dumbfounded, so everything was running in the house. A pile of dirty dishes was piling up in the trough; a cobweb hung everywhere. The girl, without hesitation, rolled up her sleeves. She decided to do the cleaning in an unfamiliar room, and if anyone would appreciate her act, she did not think. The work began to boil, Snow White was helped by all the forest animals and birds that came with her.
The main idea in the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" about friendship and mutual assistance was in the plot all the time while cleaning was in progress. The atmosphere of general labor was permeated with goodwill, all together washing the dishes, sweeping the floor, and then together on a vacation.
While Snow White and her many helpers, animals and birds, did the general cleaning in the house of little men, the owners themselves worked in the mine for the extraction of precious stones. Their united work also reflects the main idea (in the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs") - perseverance and perseverance always lead to good results.
Princess on the farm
Snow White’s house cleaning is coming to an end, and besides, she managed to put on fire a huge cauldron in which porridge is cooked. And the last dirty plate was washed, the house became clean and comfortable. The princess rises to the second floor, recounts the tiny oak beds laid somehow, and concludes that seven little men live in the house. Then she tells herself that the morning of the evening is wiser, and goes to bed. Her forest assistants settle right there.
Seven gnomes in the meantime collect gems mined in a day and go home. On the way to the dwelling, all seven stop dead in their tracks - smoke comes from the chimney, the windows are cleanly washed, it smells of a hot dinner. Incredulous gnomes decide that an evil monster has settled in the house, who is waiting to destroy them all.
Picking up courage, the gnomes look in the door, then enter, looking around. There is no danger, the room is tidied up, a cauldron with delicious porridge is on fire. Fearing fear, the little men finally rise to their bedroom. Introducing them to Snow White is a whole spectacle. Dwarves are afraid of an uninvited guest, but curiosity prevails, and soon the real friendship between them and the princess begins.
Snow White asks the owners of the house not to drive her out, but in gratitude she promises to wash, cook, clean and do everything around the house while the gnomes are at work. Seven little men gladly agree, because they are tired of cooking tasteless food and washing dishes. It’s lunch time, the porridge is ready, but to start, Snow White makes everyone wash their hands with soap and only then allows them to sit down at the table.
Queen's wiles
In the meantime, the huntsman brought his lady the heart of a wild deer in a casket and colorfully told how he had dealt with Snow White. The Queen believed, but the next day, the fragments of the broken magic mirror revealed her secret - it turns out that the stepdaughter is alive and is in the forest, in the house of forest gnomes. Then the evil sorceress decided to lime Snow White - she made a potion, drank it and turned into an unhappy old woman. She took small things, as if for sale, and went into the woods.
After waiting for the gnomes to go to work, the sorceress left the forest, approached the house and knocked on the door. Snow White opened, greeted the tattered beggar and asked how to help her. The old woman asked for water, and then, as if in gratitude, she extended the princess a beautiful lace, offering to buy it and lace up her dress. Snow White did so, and the sorceress tightened the lace on the princess’s back so that she suffocated and fell dead.
The dwarves returned from work and saw Snow White lying unconscious. The lace was untied, and the girl came to her senses. The Dwarves made her promise that from now on she would not open the door to anyone.
Meanwhile, the evil sorceress learned from her magic mirror that her stepdaughter was alive and hurried back to the forest, wanting to kill Snow White at all costs. She appeared in a different guise and knocked on the door. The princess once again believed the old woman and took the comb from her, with which she combed her magnificent hair. The enchanted hairbrush immediately deprived her of consciousness, and the sorceress hastened to hide.
The dwarves again saw Snow White lifeless, but they managed to bring her to life again this time. The princess again promised not to let anyone else into the house. Soon, however, when the dwarves went to work, her stepmother visited again, deceived Snow White and invited her to eat a piece of a rosy apple. The princess initially refused, fearing a trick, but when the old woman divided the apple into two and ate one half that was not saturated with poison, the girl trusted the "good old woman" and bit off a bite. The poison acted instantly, and Snow White fell asleep with an eternal sleep.
Crystal coffin
Sobbing little men gathered around Snow White, who had fallen asleep. They did not dare to bury the princess in the ground, so they built a coffin of crystal with a finish of pure gold, decorating it with precious stones. Snow White was still beautiful in the coffin and seemed to be waiting for some kind of miracle. The red lips were fresh, the cheeks were rosy, and the white skin was shaded with black curls, scattered on the shoulders. The dwarves hung a coffin in a shallow cave near the house, and all the time one of them was nearby so that no one would disturb the princess's peace.
Expectation
Once a prince from a neighboring kingdom drove up to the house of little men, hoping to spend the night. He saw a beautiful princess in a crystal tomb and asked the dwarves for permission to take her to his palace. Those, having conferred, gave their consent. When the coffin was transferred, Snow White shook, and a slice of a poisoned apple fell from her throat. She woke up and got to her feet.
Soon the princess and the prince played a wedding. Seven Dwarfs were invited to the ball. They called the stepmother, put on her hot shoes, and she danced in them until she fell dead.
Epilogue
Thus ends the work of the Brothers Grimm, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." The meaning of the tale is its infinite kindness. The writers managed to fully convey the emotional spirit present throughout the plot. The immortal literary work of the Brothers Grimm, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", the idea of ​​a fairy tale, its content, taken up by the whole world creative community and realized with impeccable authenticity in various performances and productions, has been pleasing children and adults all over the world for decades. The most famous version of the tale, which was created at the Walt Disney film studio in 1937 in the form of a full-length cartoon. The script based on the Grimm Brothers fairy tale “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was written by Ted Sears, a Hollywood producer.