Jungians closely examine fairytales symbolically to understand personal complexes and stories that are based on profound ancient archetypal patterns which inform them. The aim is to glean the underlying message from the personal unconscious and collective unconscious as it holds the potential to inform and nourish one's individuation process.
Indeed, Snow White involves the confrontation of a woman's psyche with her more shadowy aspects. Snow White in meeting the Seven Dwarves is on her pathway to wholeness, providing her with hospitality, creative energy, truths and earthy wisdom.
Snow White in eating the Wicked Queen's poisoned apple is confronted with the darker aspects of life and her psyche, and in the subsequent coffin-like deep process she awakens to her devoted Prince and her maturation.
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