Snow White Comparative Essay

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Being jealous of others can become an obsession for many people and can also ruin one’s personality. The adaptations of the original story Snow White some are known as Little Snow White, Gold Tree and Silver Tree. In these stories, some characters such as the Queen and the Silver Tree show their selfish and inhumane personalities. In Little Snow White the Queen, who is the mother went insane with jealousy and decided to kill her daughter and wanted to eat her. Also in the Gold Tree and Silver tree, the Silver Tree decided to engulf her daughter’s heart for personal gains. While both the Queen and the Silver Tree are two divergent characters, they have more in common than what meets the eye.
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