Recently there have been a lot of spin-offs of Snow White, from the TV show Once Upon a Time, to the two new movies Snow White and the Huntsman and Mirror, Mirror. The new adaptations of the classic center around certain parts of the tale instead of the entire story, and a few even change some of the details. “Snow White is an enduring tale of determination and the human ability to achieve their dreams against all obstacles,” junior Michael Fine said. The story of Snow White comes from the Brothers Grimm story that Walt Disney changed into the epic classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. The story is about a young, beautiful princess and an evil, jealous queen. The queen wishes to be the fairest in the land and consults her mirror every day, asking if she is the most beautiful in the land. One day the mirror tells her that her stepdaughter, Snow White, is the fairest and so begins the tale that we all know so well. The only change Disney made in his film that differed from the actual tale was the end, where the evil queen is supposed to go to Snow White and the prince’s wedding and ends up putting on iron shoes that cause her to dance herself to death. Disney chose to replace the Grimm Brothers ending with a simple ending that shows all of the characters living happily ever after. “I love Snow White,” junior Kamilla Rahman said. “When I was younger, Snow and Cinderella were my favorite Disney princesses.” Mirror, Mirror is a spin off comedy of the tale, starring Julia Roberts as the queen and Lily Collins as Snow White. This adaptation of the story has some interesting changes. Snow White is an orphan and the evil queen seizes control of her kingdom using magic, and pursues a prince who ends up falling in love with Snow White. Snow White enlists the help of seven rebels to recapture her kingdom. The film is set to be released on March 30. “Snow White is one of those stories that you can always find something that relates to your life, like forming friendships, and doing the right thing even when you’re under pressure,” junior Catherine Carroll said. Snow White and the Huntsman is the serious film. It stars Kristen Stewart as Snow White and Chris Hemsworth, the star of Thor, as the Huntsman. It centers around the Huntsman who was sent to kill Snow White, except that in this case, he not only backs out of it, but he decides to train her to take on the evil queen. This film is much more intense than the Disney classic, Mirror, Mirror or Once Upon a Time. It is set to come out this summer, on June 1. “The story of Snow White is fine the way it is,” senior Danny Goodwin said. “There’s no need to ‘bring it in to the twenty-first century’ like Mirror, Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman does. Snow White and the Huntsman puts a completely new, Lord of the Rings like spin on the story.” Once Upon a Time takes place in a small town in Maine where every resident is a fairy tale character, sent into the real world with their memories erased after the queen cast the curse as revenge on Snow White and Prince Charming. The town’s mayor, who just so happens to also be the evil queen, adopted son goes on a search to find his birth mother who is Snow White and Prince Charmings daughter. The young boy believes that the daughter of Snow and Prince Charming is the only one with the ability to break the queen’s curse. “I think they should keep on expanding because everyone knows the old tale of Snow White but the elaboration of the classic in Once Upon a Time keeps me obsessed and on my toes,” Rahman said. Snow White is a classic fairy tale that proves the power of true love and helps remind people that good will always defeat evil. It just takes a little more effort. Classic fairy tales tell a story of hardship and triumph over evil and teach every child life lessons. Snow White is one of those magical stories that most people know and have grown up with. The regained popularity of the classic tale of true love shows a different side to the story of Snow White than previously told. “Fairy tales are what make our childhoods magical,” Carroll said. “They teach us that anything can happen and to never stop believing. They have an influence in every choice we make throughout our lives.”