Snow White Research Paper

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Throughout the years, The Walt Disney Company has been an inspiration for children, even adults with family movies, shows, heart-warming episodes and movies of heroism and perseverance. Disney is one of the largest media corporations in the world getting 38 billion in revenue for 2010. (reference?)
The Walt Disney Company started in 1923 in the rear of a small office occupied by Holly-Vermont Realty in Los Angeles. It was there that Walt Disney, and his brother Roy, produced a series of short live-action/animated films collectively called the ALICE COMEDIES. The rent was a mere $10 a month. Within four months, the ever-growing staff moved next door to larger facilities, where the sign on the window read "Disney Bros. Studio." A year later,
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Snow White is the original Disney Princess, appearing in the franchise’s first ever full-length feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs nearly 80 years ago in 1937. She was based on the character in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Schneewittchen. The movies sees the evil Queen twice try and kill Snow White after being told by her magic mirror that the princess is more beautiful than she is. She finally manages to send her into an ‘eternal sleep’ with a Poisoned Apple, but Snow White is woken with true-love’s kiss from the Prince.
Cinderella, of the famous glass slipper, appeared in the 1950 Disney film of the same name. Her character is based on Charles Perrault’s fairy tale Cendrillon, and the movie helped turn around the fortunes of Disney, which was struggling at the time. The story is of course one of the most famous fairy tales of all time, featuring her evil stepsisters, fairy Godmother, glass slipper and, of course, the
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Mother Gothel knows that the flower's magical powers are now growing within the golden hair of Rapunzel, and to stay young, she must lock Rapunzel in her hidden tower. Rapunzel is now a teenager and her hair has grown to a length of 70-feet. The beautiful Rapunzel has been in the tower her entire life, and she is curious of the outside world. One day, the bandit Flynn Ryder scales the tower and is taken captive by Rapunzel. Rapunzel strikes a deal with the charming thief to act as her guide to travel to the place where the floating lights come from that she has seen every year on her birthday. Rapunzel is about to have the most exciting and magnificent journey of her life (Young,

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