Snow White Paper

ENGL 1301 Snow White and the Seven Bachelors Once upon a time, there was a King and Queen who lived far away in a castle. The happy couple was expecting a child, and soon the Queen gave birth to a wonderful little girl whom they named Snow White. Soon after the Queen died, the King married again, to a woman who was extremely beautiful, yet very vain. Every day, the Queen would look into her gold painted mirror and ask “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” The mirror would then swirl into a face and say “You are the fairest Queen of them all.” “Of course I am” Said the vain Queen. Years passed and Snow White grew up and became very ugly. The Queen could not imagine having an ugly princess for a stepdaughter; she needed Snow White out the house immediately. One day the Queen spoke into the mirror and asked “Mirror, mirror on the wall, what do I do with Snow White she’s growing uglier by the day?” The mirror then quickly replied, “To make your stepdaughter beautiful, you must kill her and bring her back to life.” This made the Queen so angry, she quickly dropped the mirror, and stormed off to find the huntsman to have him take Snow White far into the woods, to kill her, and to bring her heart back. The Queen could not live with a stepdaughter like Snow White. The Queen was so powerful and beautiful; she became disgusted at the look of Snow White. She would do almost anything to get rid of her. The next day, the huntsman invited Snow White into the forest, where she eagerly accepted since she loved being in the woods with the animals. What she did not know was that the huntsman was going after her heart. While following the huntsman deep into the woods, Snow White was becoming very exhausted and asked to rest for a while. The huntsman agreed and sat with her patiently waiting on the perfect time to kill the princess. He finally realized that he could not go through with it. The princess realized he was holding a dagger in his