Currently, many books and fairy tales are converted films and often, producers modify the original tales to capture the attention of a wide audience. However, some of these interpretations hide the main interpretation. The original renditions of the Disney classics Snow White and Sleeping Beauty are greatly reimagined from the original fairy tales Sun, Moon and Talia and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs due to the brutal nature of the treatment of women in these original forms. Although there are differences in some aspects between the original tales and the films, there are many issues that influence young girls who still watch the Disney version. I realize this when my youngest niece, Anella, asks me, "Why can't I be beautiful, fall asleep, and suddenly wake up to finally find my prince?" This is true in all cases of the four different translations of the fairy tales. All the girls in these stories are in a "beautiful" half-dead state and wake up to find a prince eager to take them away. This can lead to negative psychological effects on young girls as they grow up, creating great pressure and low self-esteem due to the beauty these stories depict and the continued restrictions these women experience in the stories. While it is true that Sleeping Beauty and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs are considered Disney classics that entertain children and provide meaningful role models, it is evident that the true and vulgar nature of these tales is hidden ; these stories are about women who are thrown away. Sun, Moon and Talia by Basile is the first recorded version of Sleeping Beauty in which Talia, the young daughter of a nobleman, is cursed after pricking herself with...... middle of paper ... ...cuxHN-7iI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8s1BU8azM6zisATn9oD4Dg&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=phallic%20symbol%20spindle&f=false>.Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. 1812. Pink monkey. Online. April 6, 2014. .Basile, Giambattista. “The Sun, the Moon and Talia.” Electronic texts of folklore and mythology. 1634. DL Ashliman, June 7, 2013. Web. April 3, 2014. .Stone, Kay. “Things Walt Disney Never Told Us.” Things Walt Disney Never Told Us 347th series. 88 (1975): 42-50. American Folk Society. Online. April 6, 2014. .Stover, Cassandra (2013) “Damsels and Heroines: The Conundrum of the Post-Feminist Disney Princess,” LUX: A Journal of Transdisciplinary Writing and Research from Claremont Graduate University: Vol. 2: Iss. 1, item 29.