AN OVERVIEW OF Disney Fairy Tales n the Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Snow White is a beautiful maiden who must escape the jealousy of her stepmother the Evil Queen who wants to kill Snow White for being the fairest in the land After hearing the Evil Queen plans to have her killed Snow White flees With the help of some woodland creatures Snow White discovers a cottage in the woods owned by seven dwarfs The dwarfs take her in and she keeps house for them while they try to protect her from the Evil Queen Eventually the Evil Queen finds where Snow White is hiding The Evil Queen transforms herself into an old woman with an enchanted apple Although the 12
Disney's archetypal princess exemplified by Snow White is a damsel in distress who needs saving in the form of love s first kiss 13
woodland animals try to get the dwarfs home with enough time to save Snow White they are too late Snow White accepts the enchanted apple from the disguised Evil Queen and eats it falling into an eternal sleep The dwarfs put Snow White in a glass coffin where the prince finds her They had met once before while Snow White was drawing water from the well The prince bestows on Snow White love's first kiss which breaks her free from the Evil Queen's spell Snow White and the prince live happily ever after Cinderella Cinderella is the story of a damsel in distress who is rescued through her friendship with animals and her fairy godmother After Cinderella's father dies her wicked stepmother and stepsisters force her to work as a maid in her own home Her only friends are the mice birds and other animals that reside on the estate She hears about a ball hosted by the king to honor his son and help the prince choose a mate but her stepsisters destroy her only dress suitable for a ball Cinderella believes she will not be able to attend the ball but to her surprise a fairy godmother comes and transforms her tattered dress into a ball gown with glass slippers and a 14
Cinderella is a damsel in distress who must serve her wicked stepmother and stepsisters pumpkin and mice into a carriage and four horses She warns Cinderella it will all vanish at midnight At the ball the prince becomes bored with the young maidens being paraded before him When Cinderella arrives he immediately falls for her and asks her to dance They dance until the clock chimes midnight and Cinderella runs away as the enchantment wears off accidentally leaving behind a glass slipper The king sends his messenger throughout the kingdom searching for the girl whose foot fits the glass slipper but Cinderella's stepmother locks her away in a tower 15
