The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen Recently, I had the chance to see The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson at Park Square Theater. The play presented itself different from the time the viewer walked in. When walking in, viewers were greeted with a friendly staff, whose goal was to make each persons view easier and more enjoyable. At first glance, the stage looked different from what most would come to expect. The theater itself appeared clean and prepared for an audience expecting something similar to Frozen. When I was standing in line waiting for our tickets to be punched, there were numerous little girls dressed as Elsa. This made me think the audience was not quite prepared for this play. Prior to the play, I had done research on the story. The story appeared different from the Disney movie that children have grown to love. The Snow Queen tells the story of two young children by the name of Kay and Gerda. They were the best of friends until Kay came across the Snow Queen who captured his eye in a positive way. She sends an evil mirror down to earth to change Kay’s perspective of the world. When the mirror dropped down to earth, it shattered, thus landing in Kay’s heart. A few nights later, Kay sees the Snow Queen and she snatches him from Gerda. Gerda is left feeling devastated that the Snow Queen has snatched…

In the movie Snow White there were at least ten different main characters. Snow White, the Evil Queen; also Snow White’s mother who wanted Snow White gone, the Huntsman, and the dwarfs. The seven dwarfs were Dopey, Doc, Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Bashful, and Happy. With each character there was multiple personalities. Some characters’ personalities changed as the movie went on, while others stayed constant. There are five of the most common personality traits that can be used to describe an…

sidekicks. In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Snow White is known as the “fairest of them all,” and an evil Queen wishes to kill her because of her looks. The Evil Queen asks her Magic Mirror who the fairest of them all is, and at first, the Magic Mirror lies to her, just to get the acceptance of the lady whom he is serving. However, he eventually tells her the truth: her scullery maid, Snow White, is far more beautiful than she, The Evil Queen, will ever be. This film does not only show that…

is based off of the Danish folktale The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson and that the two are quite different. Most people believe that because a movie is based on a classic story, both storylines are the same. Little do people know that these two stories are worlds apart. Through the characters, the acts of true love, and the ends, these stories have proven to be completely different. Frozen is a movie filled with quirky, loveable characters that melt your heart the minute they come onto…

The mirror shattered and the shards infect a young boy named Kai, making him cold and cruel. The Snow Queen then takes the boy away and the rest of the story follows a young girl named Gerda, who is Kai best friend, who travels the world to rescue him. The story ends with Gerda finding Kai and freeing him from the mirror shards and they journey home. The Snow Queen herself plays a neutral and insignificant role in the story, and simple takes Kai away and goes about her own life. The story ends…

Frozen, which is said to be based on the fairy tale The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. Interestingly, there are speculations that Andersen’s fairy tales were actually inspired by Norse mythology, so we decided to examine The Snow Queen for these literary remnants. Join us as we peel back the layers of history to see how an ancient culture eventually gave rise to a 21st-century Oscar-winning animated film. Since 1943, Walt Disney Animation Studios had been struggling to bring…

Written in 1844, The Snow Queen or Snedronningen by Hans Christian Andersen is a unique and feminist tale about the journey to adulthood, however with deeper analysis through both a psychoanalytical and feminist perspective it is evident that the underlying themes of this fairy-tale reflect the views of a patriarchal society. The Snow Queen, is centred around a young boy, Kay, whose complex personality is represented by Gerda, his childhood friend, and The Snow Queen. Although this fairy-tale is…

Thawing the Snow Queen; Feminism in Science Fiction Here’s the truth, women hate being society’s puppet; so Joan D. Vinge snipped her strings in the novel The Snow Queen. This author made Science Fiction into a tool. The genre allows controversial issues to be stripped and placed into a different setting; it probes the reader to reflect on his or her own beliefs--maybe even challenge those perceptions. Which is why Feminism could ripen under the pages of its wings. That ideology of equality…

the reader goes to do something and something else happen and people tell one the opposite of their goal? Kelly link’s story “ Travels With The Snow Queen” demonstrates the girls will to want to travel and find he loved one. The actions of the main character will determine how everything will end. The way the author narrates the story put one in the girl shoes and makes them feel the same way she feel. The main character is conflicted while on her journey and questioned her while traveling to…

In Snow White there was the evil queen who said the famous phrase “Magic mirror, on the wall – who is the fairest one of all” and who also wanted her daughter dead because of her looks sending a hunter to kill her and bring back a part of her back to prove it. With cinderella it was the stepsisters and stepmother and how they wouldn't let her go to the ball and finally a pirate with a hook for a hand and who is afraid of the crocodile that took his hand and all he wants to do is to get peter…