Compare And Contrast Snow White And Sleeping Beauty

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Compare and Contrast Did you know that in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the prince wasn’t given a name? But in Sleeping Beauty, the prince’s name was Prince Phillip. Snow White and Sleeping Beauty have some similarities and differences. They were both put to sleep by the antagonist and woken up by a kiss but in different ways.
Both of the princesses were beautiful and smart. Snow white had skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony. Sleeping Beauty had blonde hair. Sleeping Beauty was cursed as a child by the 13th evil witch that told her she was to die by pricking her finger on a spindle on the day she turns 15. On the day of her 15th birthday, she was home alone and the evil witch led her up to a room and

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