Compare And Contrast Mulan And Snow White

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Mulan is a story set in Imperial China, the story is about Mulan a sixteen year old girl who dresses as a man and takes her father’s place in the army and saves all of China from the Huns it was produced in the year 1998. On the other hand Snow White is set in a perfect, fairy tale land and is about a beautiful young girl who falls in love with a prince but is forced to leave her palace because of her evil step-mother and falls into a sleep like death and is awoken by loves first kiss, it was produced in the year 1938. The expectations of women when Mulan was created were very different from the expectations when Snow White was created. For example when Snow White was created women were expected to be very beautiful, delicate and elegant they

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