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Thesis statement: Macbeth and the evil queen in Snow white and the huntsman share many of the same qualities because they both appear to be different than they actually are, they both kill a king to have complete power to themselves, and finally they both have sources as to where they get their information to help them continue to hold on to their power.

“Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best”, author Edward Abbey once said. In history, there are thousands of stories where the need for power often causes conflicts and destroys people. Two examples of these stories are Macbeth and Snow White and the Huntsman. Although the two novels revolve around contrasting story lines and take place in different time periods, there is a lot of congruity between the two. Some of these similarities include the fact that both main characters become greedy with power and they let it consume them. Macbeth and the evil queen Ravenna in Snow white and the huntsman both appear to be different than they actually are and they both kill a king to have complete power to themselves. Finally they both have sources as to where they get their information to help them continue to hold on to their power. As said before, Macbeth is very similar to the evil queen in Snow white and the Huntsman because both characters appear to be kind, but are actually awful. The Queen in Snow White and the Huntsman deceives everyone and perceives to be a beautiful and compassionate woman, when in reality she is heartless. In the story, the queen murders anyone that comes in the way of what she desires, and she has no compassion for any of the citizens or animals in her kingdom. The narrator unfortunately explains, “under the reign of Ravenna nature turned on itself and people turned on

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