GROUP ACTIVITY:

KATHLEEN CONTAPAY
JOYCE OLAJAY

ACTIVITY 1
1. Position Paper: Choose a classic fairytale. Watch and analyze the Disney version of
the fairytale. After which, read the original fairytale. Compare the two versions. What are
the similarities and differences? What caused the alteration of the Disney version of the
fairytale? In your opinion, should the children be exposed to the Disney or original
version of the story? (50 points)

Most people have already watch the Disney version of the Snow White And The
Seven dwarves. The story revolves around the jealous evil woman who have married
the king and the kings daughter who’s very beautiful and have a skin who’s white as
snow. As the wicked queen grows to envy Snow White for being "the fairest of them all",
she orders for her to be murdered, but the princess survive and found a cottage who
has seven dwarfs. The queen look for her and finally when she knows where snow
white is the queen disguises herself to bring her a poisoned apple, placing her in a
death-like sleep that can be broken only by a kiss from the prince. The a young man
who is a prince appear and kiss snow white then they lived happily ever after. But in the
original story of snow white It is widely assumed that the brother's Grimm were the
creators of the now-iconic tale- but the story was originally a folktale, having been
passed down from several generations.
The original story was called “Little Snow-White,” and featured a 7-year-old Snow
White, making the entire premise rather morbid. In the Grimm version, after the child is
questionably announced to be the "fairest", the Queen orders a huntsman to kill her,
bringing back her lungs and liver nut the man ends up bringing back the organs of a
boar instead, which the Queen boils in salt - and eats! The Queen tricks Snow White
three separate times in the Grimm version, first making her try on a tight corset, causing
her to pass out. The second time, she sells Snow White a poisonous comb, which the
dwarves remove from her hair. The third time the Queen tricks her with the same
poisonous apple and that is what we watch in the Disney film. But, in the original story
Snow White spits out the apple while being carried into her coffin and is immediately
revived, without the Prince's kiss and the Queen attends their wedding where she is
given a punishment of dancing to her death. The Grimm version reads: “They put a pair
of iron shoes into burning coals. They were brought forth with tongs and placed before
her. She was forced to step into the red-hot shoes and dance until she fell down dead.” I
think that the original version is much beautiful than the others specially that the main
audience is the kids it is more appropriate for them to watch the original one which is
without the kiss of the prince snow white can live. Because in my perspective the scene
where in snow white doesn’t need a prince kiss to live it is very romantic and sweet but
lets not forget that there are kids who are watching and that scene also give a thought
like “woman cant live without a man” or “woman needs a man” where in fact we can and
that is what it shows in the original version of the story the kids, youths and even adults
must see it.
2. . Original Fairy Tale: Develop an ORIGINAL fairytale. Observe the conventional
elements/parts of a fairy tale. Refer to the rubrics below. (50 points)

The Magic of the lake

Once upon a time there was a married couple who are living in a mountain away
from the city, they can’t have a child because the womans body is not healthy to carry a
baby. The woman named maria who have a curly thick hair, dark brown eyes, tanned
skin, a very kind and a loving person and her husband named julian who’s very
hardworking, caring, have a black hair, tanned skin, thick eyebrows and a very
handsome face. The every day routine of the couple is to do their different task as a
wife and husband. Maria clean the house, cook for food and feed the pigs while julian
go to farm and harvest foods but unluckily julian have a fever and cant harvest the corn
so maria decided to do the harvest and let julian sleep to gain strength.
During the dawn maria starts walking to harvest before the sun starts to rise
when saw a lake that’s has a very beautiful ambiance, a lot of fire flies and a light
coming from the moon then suddenly she starts crying as she wished that she wants to
have a child who she can play with, cook and adore, she is a mother longing for a love
of a child as she opened her mouth and said “please let me have a child, I want a child”
she said and starts sobbing kneeling unto the water, after getting tired of crying she
stood up and ready to go when suddenly the lake starts to speak “ do you really want a
baby?” as it speaks so gently and comforting, maria is very amaze and shock in what
she is seeing and hearing but she nodded in what the lake asked “then I will give u a
child but promise me the you will going to adore and love her because I will get her back
if she doesn’t feel the love that she deserve” before maria can reply she heard a baby
crying, she search the place until she found a basket that has a baby, maria is very
shock and happy in what she found and then a loud thunder bang into the sky the rain
starts pouring as she rash back home. Maria happily calling her husband name to tell a
good news “julian, juliannn!! come down here hurry!” she said in a high tone. Julian
hurriedly come down stairs to check maria holding a pillow as he look ready to attack
someone but when he saw maria holding a basket looking so happy she asked her
“what is it?” “it’s a miracle, God heard our prayer and give us a little angel” maria said
while wiping her tears “where did you get that?” asked julian “I found it crying in the
lake” maria replied still sobing “she loos so beautiful, she is like our own because she
looks like you, like your curly hair, the nose, eyes and even the smile, you both are
beautiful” julian said while staring at the baby, as the baby yawned they both smile and
hugged each other crying with the baby girl they name maria julia and lived happily ever
after.
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