Snow White

Snow White is a princess born to a benevolent king and queen, named for a snowstorm on the day of her birth. She grows up happily as her parents share prosperity with their subjects, but the queen dies of an illness and the king remarries. Before departing to confront a far-off threat warned of by his new wife, the king gifts Snow White a necklace engraved with the words: "Fearless, Fair, Brave, True". He never returns, and the new Queen reveals herself as an evil enchantress obsessed with her own beauty, forcing her subjects to live in poverty and conscripting many into the royal guard. Fearing Snow White's beauty will outshine her own, she confines her stepdaughter to the palace as a scullery maid. Each day, the Queen asks her Magic Mirror who is "the fairest one of all", and the Mirror always responds in her favor. Years later, Snow White grows into a young woman. One day, while cleaning the castle, she meets Jonathan, a bandit leader who is caught stealing by the Huntsman. The Queen sentences Jonathan to be tied to the palace gates, but Snow White frees him, leading the Magic Mirror to deem her the fairest. Enraged, the Queen orders the Huntsman to take Snow White into the forest, kill her, and bring back her heart in a jeweled box as proof. While Snow White is picking apples in the forest, the Huntsman cannot bring himself to harm her, so he warns her of the Queen's intentions instead. At his urging, Snow White flees deep into the forest. Lost and frightened, she is befriended by woodland animals who lead her to a secluded cottage, where she falls asleep. She awakens to meet the owners, seven "magical beings" named Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Dopey, who have returned home from working in a diamond mine. After learning about her story, they agree to let her stay. Meanwhile, the Queen learns from her Magic Mirror that Snow White is alive and imprisons the Huntsman before sending her guards to find the princess. The next day, when a misunderstanding between the seven miners leaves the cottage a mess and Dopey humiliated, Snow White comforts him, teaching him how to whistle and motivating the others to tidy up their home. She crosses paths with Jonathan, who is wounded fending off the Queen's guards with his fellow bandits, and brings him to the cottage to be treated. The two realize their feelings for each other, and he agrees to help search for her missing father, but is captured and brought to the Queen, who imprisons him. Deducing Snow White's whereabouts, she transforms herself into an old peddler woman and creates a poisoned apple that will put whoever eats it into Sleeping Death and can only be broken by "true love's kiss". The Queen finds Snow White alone at the cottage, while the animals see through her disguise and race to warn the miners. Manipulating her stepdaughter into taking a bite of the cursed apple, the Queen reveals that she had the king killed and leaves just as the miners return to find Snow White in a death-like sleep, laying her to rest in the forest. With the Huntsman's help, Jonathan escapes the dungeon and reaches the lifeless Snow White. He mournfully kisses her, and she awakens, rallying her friends to overthrow the Queen. Leading her citizens to the palace, Snow White confronts her stepmother, who conjures a diamond dagger and goads her to take the throne by force. She refuses, and the Queen orders the guards to kill her, but Snow White reminds them of their former peaceful lives. Moved, the guards join the bandits, miners, and citizens in defending Snow White from the Queen, who flees to her Magic Mirror. Snow White follows, as the Mirror declares that her kindness and inner beauty make her the fairest. Angrily destroying the Mirror, the Queen is shattered by her own dark magic, and disappears as the Magic Mirror repairs itself. Snow White is named the new queen with Jonathan at her side as the kingdom celebrates.