How Does Snow White Affect Mary Margaret's Character

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In the show ‘Once Upon A Time’, Snow White (Mary Margaret), is the true definition of bravery, kindness, faith, hope, unselfishness, and any other word you can think of. Snow White lost her mother when she was very young, and her father married Regina (evil queen). What the story doesn’t mention though, is that Regina was once a very kind and good hearted person herself. She became dark because she was in love with a stable boy named Daniel, and her mother would never let them be together. She arranged the marriage between Regina and the king. Snow white saw Regina and Daniel together one day, and Regina made her promise not to tell because her mother would kill him. Regina's mother tricked Snow White, and she found out everything, and then she killed Daniel. Regina found out …show more content…
The character I enjoyed the most definitely had to be Snow White in her world. Mary Margaret, in my opinion, is a perfect human being; but in the cursed world, she lacks the bravery and power that she once had. Snow White, in her world, is Mary Margaret + the bravery and power that she obtains. She is a bold leader and brings out the true definition of “girl power”. From every other version of Snow White that I had read, Snow White was still a very sweet kind-hearted person, but she lacks bravery, willpower, and strength. In almost every other version of Snow White, she doesn’t save herself from the Queen, the dwarfs do or someone else does. In the other versions, she also has only met the Prince once, in the beginning and the end, and yet falls in love with him and goes with him to their ‘happily ever after’, not knowing if he would kill her or protect her for the rest of her life. For Snow White in ‘Once Upon A Time’, the Prince had to somewhat work for Snow Whites love and affection towards him. She did not just see him and fall in love, they got to know each other first; they spent good time

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