The answer is she displays power over animals. In mythology snakes
were central to many because of the quality of being both exotic and familiar. It
is also because the snakes behavior and facial features that implies that they
were intelligent and they lived by reason and not in instinct.
Slavery still affects our nation today because people are wanting apologies for things our ancestors did. It also still affects our nation because of the black market when people are still selling people for slaves.