3rd English 1101 Essay...battle of the princesses :)

Cinderella vs. Snow White

Walt Disney is famous for many children’s movies produced in the early 1930’s to present day. As a little girl, Disney brings to life the wonderful world of princesses. Belle, Sleeping Beauty, Little Mermaid, and Jasmine are just a few, but I believe the best ones are Cinderella and Snow White. In the tale of both Cinderella and Snow White these princesses are made to be household slaves by their wicked stepmothers who are jealous of their beauty. Cinderella and Snow White eventually out whit their stepmothers by the help of unusual characters who befriend the princesses. By the end of the stories both princesses ride away into the sunset with their Prince Charmings and live happily ever after. For these two princesses life is pretty much the same with a few differences which can be revealed by a deeper look into their lives.

Cinderella and Snow White both end up deceiving their stepmothers in their stories just in different ways. Cinderella is made to “make the fire, fix the breakfast
wash the dishes, do the mopping” when all she wants is to go to the ball. She wishes this so badly that she receives a Fairy Godmother who helps her fulfill her wish. The Godmother changes a pumpkin into a carriage and her rag dress to a beautiful gown. While Snow White on the other hand escapes a graver reality by almost being killed, but gets set free by her executioner. Instead he brings the queen back a pig heart instead of Snow Whites.

As in most princess stories the princess has a helper or a friend who is always there. In Cinderella’s case it’s the little mice that live upstairs in the attic with her. Together the mice work to retrieve the key from Cinderella’s evil stepmother to set her free from the highest tower in the castle. Snow White’s case is a little different; when she runs away from the castle she finds a cottage. In the cottage live seven little me, she begins to cook and clean for them in return for a place to live. When her evil stepmother tricks her into eating the poisoned apple the seven dwarfs build her a glass coffin until Prince Charming finds her.

As in most wonderful Disney movies these two stories have happy endings. Both princesses find their Prince Charming and ride off on a white horse. How they find them or more or less how the princes find them is quite different. When Cinderella went to the ball she dropped her glass slipper at midnight. The prince rode all through the village looking for the woman who owned the shoe. Finally showing up at Cinderella’s castle her evil stepmother locks her in the tower; her mice then let her out to try on the shoe. When the prince saw that it fit her took her away and married her. Snow white is tricked by the evil stepmother and put under a spell. That only loves first kiss could awaken her from the eternal slumber. As the prince is riding through the forest he spots the princess in the glass coffin. He is so captivated by her beauty that he kisses her and she wakes to find him staring at her. They fall in love instantly and ride off together, happily ever after!

Disney has made many wonderful movies over the years. It just seems that none have really ever beat the love stories of the beautiful princesses all little girls wish to be. Through the years Disney has created more princesses such as Mulan and the new Princess and the Frog. Yet, the story line basically always stays the same. It’s always back to mean stepmother, wonderful friends, and a happily ever after. It was once said “ Good things never change.”