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"Once upon a time in the middle of winter, when the flakes of snow were falling like feathers from the sky, a queen sat by the window sewing..." (Heiner 2006). Snow White takes a slightly different approach to introducing the story. instead of jumping straight into the drama, Heiner takes time out to explain the little things in the surrounding scenery.
"Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall, Who in this land is the fairest of all?" (Heiner 2006). This is the example of the key quote in this story. These continual quotes enable a fairy tale to be recognized in a few words.
"And envy and pride grew higher in her heart like a weed, so that she had no peace day or night. She called a huntsman, and said, "Take the child away into the forest; I will no longer have her in my sight. Kill her, and bring me back her heart as a token." (Heiner 2006). This is the turning point in majority of fairy tales. When an evil person, whether it be a witch, sister or fairy, causes pain to the beautiful princess or women in the story.
The drama that follows after the turning point is always a result of the women or princess's wrong/stupid discussion, "I may let the worthy old woman in, thought Snow white, and she unbolted the door and bought the pretty laces." (Heiner 2006). Even though snow white had been warned not to let anyone in, she opened the door three times for what seemed to be an old women. The same in Rapunzel, she made the mistake of asking the witch why it is so much easier to pull a prince up and it is much harder to pull her up, to give another example.
"And when she went in she knew Snow-white; and she stood still with rage and fear, and could not stir. But iron clippers had already been put upon the fire, and they were brought in with tongs, and set before her. Then she was forced to put on the red-hot shoes, and dance until she dropped down dead." (Heiner 2006). The ending however of this version of Snow white is different to other fairy tales. Indeed it has a happy ending, but it does not physically say, "And they all lived happily ever after" like majority of fairy tales. In this version it is implied that they lived happily ever after because the evil queen is dead.
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