he story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs centres around a beautiful princess. The story also uses the trope of the evil stepmother, jealous of her stepdaughter’s beauty and goodness.
Snow White is a princess who lives in a castle with her stepmother, who is a witch. The witch uses an enchanted mirror to tell her who is the most beautiful woman in the kingdom. When the mirror answers ‘Snow White’, her stepmother has her taken into the forest to be killed. The huntsman charged with the task takes pity on the girl, and sets Snow White free. She comes across a little house where seven dwarfs live, and makes her home with them.
On discovering her stepdaughter is still alive, the witch disguises herself as an old woman and makes her way into the forest. She finds Snow White and gives her a poisoned apple to eat. Snow White instantly falls down as if dead. The dwarfs find her, apparently dead, when they return from work, and place her in a glass coffin.