The roles of characters in Grimm fairy tales such as Briar Rose and Snow White are consistently gender uniform. The princess, due to her submission and naivety, is struck by bad luck and is left to suffer until a male character arrives to resolve the conflict. Furthermore, the ancillary characters in the story also have gender uniforms. Many stories contain the evil stepmother and not the evil stepfather. In Snow White, it is the stepmother who is envious and repugnant towards her stepdaughter, which leads her to wish for her death. In contrast, in Briar Rose, the father fulfills a huge request: to destroy all spindles throughout the kingdom in an effort to protect his beloved daughter. Therefore, it is the male figures who are depicted as the most caring and best parents, while the female characters are depicted much more negatively. Even when a female character is initially presented positively, she often succumbs to a sudden catastrophe, such as death (Little Snow