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The Most Wicked of Them All
Magic mirrors, fairies, and witches. All these things can be found in one place, and that one place is in fairy tales. Snow White and the Sven Dwarfs is one of the many fairy tales that has changed a lot throughout history. Things like the theme, and its purpose have changed immensely compared to the original Snow white. Fairy tales have not only changed throughout time but have also impacted society in a big way, they have shaped the girls and boys of today’s society and Snow White is no exception. They are the main reason that little girls want their prince charming to come to their rescue. The story of snow white is very well known but a lot of people don’t know the original story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and what really when down.
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As Snow grows, the Evil Queen would ask her magic mirror who was the most beautiful in all the land, and it would always respond that it was her until one day, when it said that it was Snow who was more fair than she was and she completely lost it and ordered a huntsman to go kill her. When the huntsman went to go kill her, he felt bad and let her go. Snow ran until she came across a house in the forest, which she stayed in. She later finds out that the house belongs to seven dwarfs that let her stay with them. Later the Queen asks the mirror again who is the fairest and again it answered with Snow White and so she plots to kill Snow White. She prepared an apple covered in poison to kill her with. So when Snow bites the apple she dies and the dwarfs put her in a glass coffin in the forest where a prince discovers her and then kisses her. Snow then suddenly wakes up and she goes to live with the prince and they lived happily ever after. This version is very different from the original and has a very different

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