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Similarities Between Enchanted Forest And Lady Macbeth

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“Once upon a time there was an enchanted forest filled with all the classic characters we know. Or think we know. One day they found themselves trapped in a place where all their happy endings were stolen,” (Barrett, Once Upon a Time, Pilot) Macbeth was murdered before being able to become king, Regina will not be able to find her happy ending, and Lady Macbeth cut her life short. It is believed that Regina is able to be compared to Lady Macbeth because of their love for power, manipulation, and ambition.
Lady Macbeth
One of Shakespeare’s most feared and famous character, Lady Macbeth is a lover of power. She comes into the the scene already plotting Duncan’s murder. Lady Macbeth is more powerful, ruthless, manipulative …show more content…

The Evil Queen had such a hatred for people that it led her to create a dark curse that sent all of the classic fairytale characters from the Enchanted Forest to a small, quaint town in Maine. There, Regina serves as Madam Mayor, the strict adoptive mother of Henry Mills. At school, Henry is seen by his teacher, Mary Margaret, who becomes concerned. Henry states that i his birth mother gave him up and his adoptive mother merely pretends to love him, but Mary Margaret tries to convince him otherwise being the kind-natured person she is. . Realizing that what he needs is hope, she takes a book of fairytales out from her bag and hands it to him, informing him that it appeared in her closet that morning when she was cleaning it out, and strangely enough, she had never ever come across it before. Henry wonders if he can borrow it, and Mary Margaret tells him that he can keep it, much to the boy's delight. He soon sees an image of Snow White on her wedding day and realizes how much it looks like his teacher, calling out for Miss Blanchard. When she turns around, he sees her as the character in the book, and makes the connection that it's all real and that the residents of Storybrooke, Maine are in fact victims of a Dark Curse, cast by Regina. Instead of telling her this, he simply thanks her, and sees

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