Posts tagged ‘Snow White’

After Happily Ever After

November 14th, 2009

Many stories end in the glow of new love, of new circumstances, of riches after poverty, of power after powerlessness. That is a good plaace to stop a bedtime story, but many of the older, longer versions of Cinderella type stories in particular, there are continuing problems.

Good wish or bad witch?

October 9th, 2009

What’s the difference between a wicked witch and a fairy godmother? A wicked witch, as opposed to other witches, works magic to have power over others, to force them to do her bidding against their will A good working definition of evil is power over others, making others do what we wants against their will [...]