CLUSTER 1

Text : Snow White Fairy Tales
Films: Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Sydney White and the seven dorks

INTRODUCTION

"Mirror, Mirror On the Wall, Who's the prettiest of them all?" This has become a cliche in the story of Snow White.

The story of Snow White is a well known fairy tales. I have known the story since I was small. I was attracted to the story because of the way the story was told and illustrated in the books. There were colorful pictures, cute dwarfs and pretty Snow White were portrayed to attract readers attention especially children. The story of Snow White for what I realize is that it is mostly read by girls. No matter how the story of Snow White or its resemblance are told it is must be about a girl, pretty and young, lives with a witch stepmother. The stepmother was so jealous with Snow White's prettiness and tried very hard to ensure that Snow White will be banished for her to be the prettiest of them all. How ever the story is told the witch must be there. In the Sydney white and the Seven Dorks, the witch is Rachel Witchburn (not a stepmother but an evil rival of Sydney). Her name already symbolized his character in the movie.

THEME REVIEW

What cause the stepmother to hate Snow White very much? Why Lilian was hated badly by Claudia?Why Rachel doesn't want Sydney in her Kappa Sorority?

All of these answers lay in the concept of Jealousy and afraid of losing of what you have. As stepmother, there is no blood relationship between stepmother and stepdaughter. To have a pretty stepdaughter is considered as rival. All this while stepmother has been trademarked as evil, bad, unkind, cruel, and all sorts of negatives attitudes are labelled to stepmothers. This is the notion of people from East and West. Why? When I was small, my mother always used this trade mark to prevent me from doing bad things. She said if I was bad I will get a stepmother. That was enough to threatened me. It is also a reminder for the children not to let the father to remarry if the mother passed away. Yes, this was what I was inculcated with when I was small not by my mother but through friends and stories.

Stepmother will develop Unnatural Motherhood. In my opinion this is due to the fact that there is no blood relationship between stepmother and stepchildren. In Snow White the fairy tales and Snow White: A Tale of terror, the stepmothers get married to the father because of the men's wealth. In Snow White: A tale of terror, Claudia made a statement that she wants her husband to have undivided love. By having Lillian around, she is not only pretty but also could reduce the love of the husband to Claudia. In this case, Claudia has two reasons to get rid of Lillian. She wants to be the prettiest and the only person to be loved. For a natural mother, to have a pretty daughter is a gift. The daughter is part of her; her own flesh and blood. The natural instinct and loves of a mother is simply there in your heart. Therefore, it is impossible to hurt yourself. Children are gift from god.

In "Sydney White", Ratchel is the evil in the story. She is neither a stepmother nor a natural mother. However, she is suppose to be the Guardian to the freshmen students. Sydney White's father is the unnatural mother in this story. As a men to replace or become a mother is not an easy tasks. To raise a daughter without a wife is challenging. As a result Sydney White Becomes a Tomboy due to the environment she was brought up. But this is only the physical aspects of Sydney. On the other aspect, Sydney White is a practical, tough, and rational person. This is the result of the training from her father. Even though her father is unnatural mother, but Sydney is his own daughter and the feelings of love and responsibility to raise her is naturally there in a father's feeling.

CONCLUSION

As a conclusion, unnatural motherhood is not always a bad thing. It is all depends on the individual. However there is no love that could replace the love of a natural mother.