Day 4: Snow White

Today I embodied Snow White. Snow White is probably one of the most criticized princesses because of how little she actually does or accomplishes. Anna saved her sister, Pochaontas saved John Smith, Mulan defeated the Huns, Snow White got poisoned and had to wait to be rescued.

Snow White is a bit of a damsel, something I can not personally understand. Waiting to be rescued is not realistic nor is it good time wise. Who has time for sitting around waiting for help?

I am a very get-it-done person. I also have this thing where if something needs to be done I am going to do it and it is going to be good. Therefore waiting around for help does not sit well with me. Pursuing help is acceptable, waiting around is not. Snow White is basically the stereotypical vision of a female during that time. She is very gentle, likes to sing and dance, and absolutely LOVES to clean. She loves cleaning so much she decides that she will clean up after seven men she does not even really know! She does not have as much of a voice as the other princesses do which is why I decided to throw one of the most controversial princesses in today.

My traits today were gentleness and overall femininity.

Today I had the opportunity to sweep and mop the drama room. Being as I was Snow White this was the perfect opportunity for me to sweep and clean for the seven dwarfs! Although, instead of cleaning up after just 7 dwarfs I was basically cleaning up after 70 drama kids.

I thought I was doing a pretty decent job until I was told I was too gentle with my sweeping... Apparently cleaning is not the time to be gentle. I also thought I did an okay job mopping until the custodian told me "You've never mopped before... have you?" Today I discovered I should never, ever be a maid.

Today I learned how frustrating it can be to rely so heavily on other people. I told myself at the beginning of the day that I would not lift heavy things, this made the process of transitioning into rehearsal very complicated. Although I am not an overly outspoken person I do have opinions. This morning I told myself I would not offer my opinion unless it was explicitly asked for and therefore missed out on a lot of great conversations. While Snow White's gentleness can be considered commendable, her lack of self realization is disturbing to me. I discovered I did not like being Snow White.

Although today's princess was not as enjoyable I am hoping tomorrow's will be! Mulan is one of my favorite princesses and I can not wait for tomorrow!