Recently I had a chance to catch Snow White and the Huntsman and it was an enjoyable reimagination of the fairy tale. It’s a wonderful story about the way goodness brings restoration in a world mired by a corrupted force, a theme which is rooted in a biblical worldview. Ravenna (Charlize Theron) is the evil queen step-mother who murders the King Magnus, ruler of the land of Tabor and father to Snow White. Ravenna then uses her own outward beauty to as well as dark magic to maintain control over the land. Her powers are self-consuming, and using her magic mirror, she finds fair young maidens in order to magically suck their youthful essence to regenerate her aging body. The very land of Tabor also loses its life force, and is riddled with dead plants and trees.
Snow White had been locked up in a tower since childhood. She represents true beauty, more than just external appearances, but a pure heat of goodness. She cares for an injured bird. In her most desperate moments, she recites the Lord’s Prayer.
Snow White and the Huntsman presents a profound understanding of the antithesis between good and evil. Darkness ultimately consumes people and it offers no life in return. Satan is even likened to a devouring lion (1 Pet. 5:8). Evil does not give life, but takes life away, and whatever it takes, it only takes for its own selfish purposes. Conversely, true goodness seeks out one’s own interests, but the interest of others. This is the essence of divine love. A central component to the biblical gospel messages is that “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8). It is this divine goodness that ultimately preserves and gives life.
“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others” (Phil. 2:3-4).
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