Snow White

A queen’s magic mirror tells her that her stepdaughter Snow White has become more beautiful than she is. She orders a huntsman to kill the child, but he lets Snow White escape and brings back a boar’s heart instead.

Snow White finds shelter with seven dwarfs and keeps their house while they work. When the mirror reveals that she is alive, the queen disguises herself and visits. First she tightens laces around Snow White until she collapses. The dwarfs cut them and revive her. A poisoned comb is the queen’s next weapon; removing it saves Snow White again.

Finally the queen brings a poisoned apple. She eats its harmless portion to overcome Snow White’s suspicion. Snow White bites the poisoned part and falls lifeless. This time the dwarfs cannot revive her. Because she still looks alive, they place her in a glass coffin.

A prince sees her and asks to take the coffin. As his servants carry it away, they stumble over a stump. The jolt dislodges the piece of apple from Snow White’s throat, and she wakes.

She agrees to marry the prince. Her stepmother attends the wedding after learning from the mirror that another queen is more beautiful. Recognising Snow White, she freezes in terror. Heated iron shoes are brought for her, and she is forced to dance in them until she dies.