Snow White is based on the fairy tale written by the Brothers Grimm in 1812. It tells the tale of a jealous queen who arranges the murder of a younger, more beautiful woman, Snow White. The queen asks that her heart be extracted as proof of death. But the assassin spares Snow White, presenting a pig’s heart instead, and instructing her to flee into the kingdom’s forest, where she befriends woodland creatures and seven dwarves.
Through a magic mirror, the queen discovers both Snow White’s well-being and whereabouts. Disguising herself as an old hag, the queen poisons her with an apple, inducing a deathlike coma that is reversible only by true love’s kiss. Fortunately, a handsome prince stops by, gives the unconscious Snow White a smooch, and she bounces back to life and her happily ever after.
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