White as Snow, Red as Blood

by: V. Glasgow Koste

“White as Snow, Red as Blood” is the story of Snow White, based on the original Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale.  Snow White is orphaned as a young child, and is raised by her hateful stepmother, the Evil Queen. Obsessed with being the most beautiful in the land, the queen has an additional persona, “Herself”, who embodies the queen’s evil personality. Herself persuades the queen to send Snow White to her death in the dark forest, but the child is rescued by seven kindly brothers. The evil queen tries three more times to do away with Snow White by sending peddlers to harm her. The Good Queen,  Snow White’s long-dead mother, comes to Snow White’s aid with advice and warnings when danger approaches, until the prince arrives and saves Snow White.