Topic > Snow White Fairy Tales and Their Purpose - 1696

In 1900, a woman was expected to stay at home and take care of the house and children. This is why these versions of “Snow White” are so related to each other. In “Little Snow White” the dwarves say: “If you will keep the house for us, and cook, and sew, and make the beds, and wash and knit, and keep everything clean and tidy, then you can stay here and not have everything you want. We come home in the evening and dinner must be ready by then, but we spend the days searching for gold in the mine” (JW Grimm