Her step-mother, as the mature woman, has fading beauty, lost youth, stolen innocence, and only bitterness left in her heart. While the relationship between the mother and daughter seems to be portrayed as a power struggle between the two women, it doesn’t seem that there is any true struggle at all. In every instance, Snow-White wins out due to the advantage of her youth and all the important symbols emphasis Snow-White’s journey. Therefore, there is no real struggle as her step-mother was set to lose from the start because she did not – or simply no longer could -- fit the ideals for women because she has already completed the process of development and it is now the young Snow-White who naturally continues on the
Her step-mother, as the mature woman, has fading beauty, lost youth, stolen innocence, and only bitterness left in her heart. While the relationship between the mother and daughter seems to be portrayed as a power struggle between the two women, it doesn’t seem that there is any true struggle at all. In every instance, Snow-White wins out due to the advantage of her youth and all the important symbols emphasis Snow-White’s journey. Therefore, there is no real struggle as her step-mother was set to lose from the start because she did not – or simply no longer could -- fit the ideals for women because she has already completed the process of development and it is now the young Snow-White who naturally continues on the