Blog Entry #5


Similarities between the Grimm tale and the Disney movie include the “Mirror, Mirror, On the wall…” phrase always stays the same along with the fact that the mirrors answer always reveals that Snow White is fairer than the queen. In both the movie and fairytale as well, the queen orders the huntsman to go and kill Snow White and, in both versions, he ends up killing a wild animal instead. When she gets to the cottage in both versions, the cottage is empty and she falls asleep their beds. When Snow White falls dead in both versions, she is placed in a glass coffin and the Prince and Snow-White end up marrying.
Differences between the tales is in Grimm’s version, Snow White is actually the Queen’s biological daughter and in the Disney version, she is the Queen’s step-daughter. Another huge difference, is in the fairytale, the Queen tries on three separate occasions to kill Snow White whereas the Queen only tries to kill her once in the movie.
A main reason Disney diverted from some of the original tale is to make it more kid friendly. A prominent example is making Snow White the Queen’s step-daughter instead of biological. They found that kids find it easier to accept the idea of an evil step-mother as opposed to the idea of a real evil mother.

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