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Snow White is a fairytale character and a resident of the Land of Stories, where she is the queen of the Northern Kingdom and the wife of Chandler Charming. She grew up with the Evil Queen as her stepmother and suffered greatly from the Evil Queen’s neglect and abuse. The only thing Snow White wanted as a child was for her caregiver to love her. She even willingly exposed herself to danger by letting her murderous stepmother get close to her on more than one occasion. Driven by a need to know what made the Evil Queen act as she did, Snow White confronts her after her capture. And when she hears the tragic story of Evly and Mira, she feels compassion for her stepmother. Secretly, despite knowing how dangerous the Evil Queen is, Snow White helps her to escape in hopes that the Evil Queen will get her heart’s desire and find peace at last. Although she is sad when the Evil Queen dies, she faces the future with hope for better things.
Snow White Quotes in The Wishing Spell
The The Wishing Spell quotes below are all either spoken by Snow White or refer to Snow White . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Prologue Quotes
The recent years of Snow White’s life had become the most scandalous of the kingdom’s royal history. Everyone knew the story of the fair princess who’d taken refuge with the Seven Dwarfs while hiding from her jealous stepmother. Everyone knew of the infamous poisoned apple and the dashing prince who saved Snow White from a false death.
The story was simple, but the aftermath was not. Even with a new marriage and a monarchy to occupy her times, Snow White found herself constantly wondering if the theories of her stepmother’s vanity were true. Something inside the new queen refused to believe that someone could be so malicious.
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“I’m not leaving here until you tell me!” Snow White yelled, raising her voice for the first time in her life.
“Fine,” the Evil Queen said.
Snow White took a seat on another stool in the cell. The Evil Queen waited a moment before beginning, and Snow White’s anticipation grew.
“Your story will be forever romanticized,” she told Snow White. “No one will ever think twice about mine. I will continue to be degraded into nothing but a grotesque villain until the end of time. But what the world fails to realize is that a villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told. Everything I have done, my life’s work and my crimes against you, has all been for him.”
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Chapter 18 Quotes
“As you recall, I traded my ability to speak to the Sea Witch for a pair of legs so I could be with the prince onshore,” the spirit said. “After he fell in love with the other woman, my sisters traded their hair for a knife from the Sea Witch. She said that if I killed the prince with it, I could return to the sea as a mermaid, but ultimately I couldn’t go through with it and I became what I am today.”
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“Hold up,” Connor said. “You went through all that trouble for a guy? Were there not any available mermen?”
“Perhaps that is the lesson of my story,” the spirit said.
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Chapter 20 Quotes
“I’ve done many terrible things in my time, but many terrible things have been done to me over time as well,” the Evil Queen said. “So, as far as I’m concerned, the world and I are even.”
“But it wasn’t you!” Alex said. “You weren’t thinking clearly! If you had your heart, you wouldn’t have done all those horrible things to all those people. You’re still Evly!”
“Think about how differently people would feel about you if they knew all this!” Connor said.
“The world will always choose convenience over reality,” the Evil Queen said. “It’s easier to hate, blame, and fear than it is to understand. No one wants the truth; they want entertainment.”
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Chapter 22 Quotes
“So what happens now?” Alex asked. “Do we clear her name? Do we tell the world the truth about her?”
“I’m afraid that’s easier said than done,” Snow White said. “I think the best thing we can do now to honor her memory is to live every day with the compassion and understanding no one ever gave her.”
The twins looked at each other and exchanged sad smiles.
“I think what I’ve learned from all of this is that villains are mostly just people villainized by circumstance,” Alex said.
Snow White nodded, looking down at the heart. “I agree,” Snow White said. “That’s the tragic lesson we can learn from the Evil Queen.”
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Snow White Character Timeline in The Wishing Spell
The timeline below shows where the character Snow White appears in The Wishing Spell. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Prologue
...but he relents when he realizes that he’s talking to the queen of the kingdom, Snow White . The prisoner is the Evil Queen, Snow White’s stepmother. A simple but burning question...
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Although everyone describes her stepmother as the Evil Queen (emphasis on the evil) Snow White wants to believe that she has a heart—a real heart, not the heart of stone...
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Picking up the heart of stone, Snow White says that the only thing she ever wanted was the Evil Queen’s love and attention....
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Suddenly ashamed of her ignorance, Snow White asks—demands—to hear about it. Warning her stepdaughter that hers is not a tale that ends...
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Chapter 5
...that Queen Rapunzel rules the Corner Kingdom. King Charming (later identified as Chandler) and Queen Snow White reign in the Northern Kingdom. The Charming Kingdom is under the dominion of another King...
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...were peaceful until about a week ago when the Evil Queen managed to escape from Snow White ’s dungeon, taking her magic mirror with her. No one knows how she did it...
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Chapter 7
...Alex reasons that the frightened girl with the basket must be Red Riding Hood. And Snow White was placed in a bejeweled coffin when she seemed—but was not actually—dead. Although they still...
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Chapter 8
...down at the Evil Queen’s feet, well aware that he failed her when he spared Snow White ’s life all those years ago. The Evil Queen refuses to offer him forgiveness. But,...
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Chapter 9
...Charming (the current king and Cinderella’s husband), Chase Charming (Sleeping Beauty’s husband), Chandler Charming ( Snow White ’s husband), and Charlie Charming. Sadly, Charlie disappeared many years earlier and although his brothers...
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Chapter 15
Alex and Connor travel from the Sleeping Kingdom to the Northern Kingdom by boat. Queen Snow White ’s palace sits on the bank of Swan Lake, and the Journal Writer has helpfully...
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...trunk. They can hear Sir Grant discussing the fruitless search for the Evil Queen with Snow White . He asks if Snow White—the last person to see the Evil Queen before her...
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Snow White is surprised to find interlopers not just in the palace but in this room, which...
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After their encounter with Snow White , Connor and Alex leave the palace as quickly as they can. They camp in...
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Chapter 16
...lanterns and venture inside. It isn’t long before they discover the dwarfish break room where Snow White ’s bejeweled glass coffin sits on display. Connor rushes over and pries a few jewels...
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Chapter 20
...time, she became the Evil Queen known from the stories, the one who cruelly neglected Snow White and became obsessed with preserving her own beauty. But that was only because she still...
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Chapter 22
When the party arrives at Snow White ’s palace, soldiers throw Goldilocks into the dungeon. Sir Grant takes Alex and Connor to...
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Chapter 23
Alex and Connor spend a few happy days as honored guests in Snow White ’s castle. They even get to meet the seven dwarves. Alex reads every book in...
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Later, after talk turns to the recent demise of the Evil Queen, Snow White takes Connor’s and Alex’s advice and tells everyone the full story of Evly and Mira....
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