Snow White

As the viewer, I was previously  unaware that director produces hidden symbolism in their production.  Now that I am knowledgeable about  the media linking symbols with certain images I am constantly looking for symbolism. The Disney productions are famous for using both obvious and hidden symbolism. Many fairy tales seem to be a simple children's story on the surface, but there are messages, morals and symbolism contained within the story.Much of the symbolism is Christian based and there are several parallels to stories in the Bible. Snow White the significance of seven dwarfs was the actual number seven. It was used many times in the Bible for signifying perfection.  It is one of the most significant numbers in Christianity. The poisonous apple was also a biblical reference ; Eve was offered the forbidden fruit by the evil serpent. Eve is reflected as Snow White and the evil serpent is portrayed as the evil queen.Snow White knows she should not be speaking to strangers, but she does it anyway and she pays for that mistake by falling under the spell. The colors in this movie are not only there to make the movie more bright and colorful but they serve a purpose. In the beginning of the movie they mention her skin as white as snow, her lips as red as blood and her hair as black as ebony. The white represents innocence , red represents life and passion and black represents death. All of these symbolism have significant meaning, and they are purposely placed in the movie.