Vanity And Jealousy In Snow White

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Vanity and jealousy contributed to her utter insanity, and her heart altered immeasurably into stone-cold. Her mind could only consider one ambition: remaining the fairest one in the land. Her ambition manipulated her into believing that murder would allow her to remain fairest. The Evil Queen was her name, and her eyes could only see her step-daughter, Snow White, as competition. The Evil Queen's alarming transformation of appearance, calculating intelligence, and her unstable jealousy of Snow White, beyond question, allowed her to become an iconic Disney villain.

At the beginning of Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, The Evil Queen is a beautiful woman who had a pale complexion, green eyes, red lips, and thin eyebrows. "Her features …show more content…

When the mirror on the wall addressed Snow White as "the fairest one in the land", The Evil Queen detached from reality entirely. As The Evil Queen's pride, jealousy, and rage rapidly increased, Snow White remained optimistic and kind. These traits influenced her to face her hardships without fear. Unlike The Evil Queen, who faced her hardships with menacing schemes. "With no negativity within her, Snow White is the physical embodiment of positivity and innocence." described Disney Wiki. The Evil Queen, however, her heart was overflowing with hate and vanity. Even though Snow White was raised by an evil step-mother, she embraced a mother-like nature. The Evil Queen's vanity consumed her mind and heart causing her to result in her own destruction, but Snow White's pure heart guided her through her misfortunes.

Gradually, vanity and insanity possessed her mind and her heart. She strived for one ambition: remaining the fairest in the land. This woman was beautiful and youthful, however, her heart was solely pitch-black with cruelty. This woman was The Evil Queen and she viewed her step-daughter, Snow White, as her competition. Her jealousy toward Snow White led to her insanity and later, her death. Her alarming disguise, devious intelligence, and her jealousy toward Snow White's beauty have allowed her to become Disney's most iconic

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