The Snow Queen and Frozen

Ever watched Frozen before? I bet most of you have. If you read the credits in the end, it says that Frozen is based off of Han Christian Anderson's 'The Snow Queen.' If you've read it before, you're probably thinking, Uh, The Snow Queen isn't like Frozen. Period. Well, that's what this post is for: To show how Frozen is like The Snow Queen.

First of all, let's review the characters from Frozen and The Snow Queen.

Frozen                      The Snow Queen

Elsa                          Kay

Anna                        Gerda

Kristoff                  The Robber-girl

Okay, I know. It's not all the characters, but those are the ones we're focusing on. If you've seen or read both Frozen and The Snow Queen, you're thinking, I bet, How in the world is Elsa the Snow Queen? Yeah, two words please: SHE ISN'T. Now, let's review the storyline for Frozen. 'Elsa was born with ice powers and Anna and her would play with her powers, but one night, Anna is shot in the head and uh, a TROLL makes Anna forget that Elsa has powers. To keep that, Elsa locks herself away in her room for many long years, until the Coronation Ceremony. Elsa is about to be Queen of Arendelle, but during the party, Anna makes Elsa lose her nerves and her powers are revealed. Elsa flees the kingdom, and Anna searches for her when the kingdom is on eternal winter. With help form Kristoff, Anna finds Elsa, who doesn't want Anna to know about her powers, but hits her in the heart. Anna is on the verge of dying, but only true love can save her. Kristoff and Anna ride to Arendelle, 
where Hans, Anna's "True love" is there. But Hans betrays her and persuades Elsa to believe that 
Anna is dead. Just when Elsa starts mourning for Anna, Anna comes in and is frozen. Elsa cries for her, and slowly melts. The key to melting Elsa's ice powers was love. She unfroze Arendelle and they lived happily ever after.' It's kind of bad, but, its the best I can do. Now for The Snow Queen. I'm a bit rusty on this so, blame me if you don't understand this. 'Once upon a time, there was a goblin. He had made a looking-glass mirror. One day, he dropped it and shards flew everywhere. Then there were two little children. Their names were Gerda and Kay. One day, a shard of the looking-glass fell into Kay's eye. His heart became an icy cold heart, and he started to do reckless things. One day, he saw the Snow Queen. She disappeared, and Kay was determined to follow her. One day he did. He was riding his sledge and the Snow Queen came and took him. Kay was left with the Snow Queen, and little Gerda was afraid when she couldn't find Kay, so she set off to find Kay. Along the way, she met a robber-girl, who actually turned out to help her. She gave Gerda a sledge with reindeer and Gerda set off. Gerda went through many obstacles, but eventually, she found Kay and they returned home.' Or something like that. Not a lot of people know that story, according to my friend, Sara. Only 5% of the world according to her. 95% know Frozen, but, if you've seen both, good for you. Now on to the
movie and story comparison.

Who is who? If you've read both, like I said, you're probably thinking who's who. I'll tell you. Anna is Gerda, who both set out to find their dear friend, or sister. Elsa is Kay, who was taken away or fled the kingdom. Elsa's powers took over as she felt her freedom. Kay was taken away from his home from the Snow Queen, who has ice powers. Kristoff is like the Robber-girl, who helps Anna/Gerda. Elsa is a mix. She isn't the entire Snow Queen, but some. She is a mix of Kay and the Snow Queen. So, this is to clear the confusion. I hope you enjoy both the story and the movie.