Snow White and the Seven Dwarves story
A beautiful young princess named Snow White is forced to flee for her life, when her "crime" of simply being fairest in the kingdom arouses jealousy in the evil Queen...who also happens to be the girl's stepmother. Starring Elizabeth McGovern as Snow White; Vanessa Redgrave as the Evil Queen; Vincent Price as the Magic Mirror; Lou Carry, Tony Cox, Billy Curtis, Phil Fondacaro, Daniel Frishman, Peter Risch, and Kevin Thompson as the Dwarves; and Rex Smith as the Prince. Written by Robert C. Jones. Directed by Peter Medak. NOTE: It is revealed (although never shown) in this version of the story that, as a child, Snow White's favorite pastime was (secretly) going for swims in the moat of her stepmother's castle.
23 total · 3 choice · 6 major · 14 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| the desire to be beautiful | choice | The queen was determined to be the most beautiful woman in her kingdom. |
| true beauty comes from within | choice | The queen could not be more beautiful than Snow White because the queen was rotten and evil on the inside. |
| vanity | choice | The queen was exceedingly vain. She spoke again and again of her beauty, and fished for reassurances of her beauty from her talking mirror. |
| be wary of strangers | major | Snow White fell afoul of two passers by, who were in fact the witch queen in magic disguise. She was admonished to not trust strangers. |
| cruelty | major | The queen callously tried to murder her own stepdaughter, Snow White, merely on account that the princess was more beautiful than her. |
| jealousy | major | The queen couldn't accept that Snow White surpassed her in beauty. |
| mythological dwarf | major | The story famously features the Seven Dwarves who like to mine. |
| romantic love | major | Snow White found her prince charming in the end. |
| stepmother and stepdaughter | major | The queen was hellbent on killing the only woman more beautiful that her in all the land: her deep red lipped, fair skinned stepdaughter Snow White. |
| compassion | minor | The huntsman took compassion on Snow White by letting Snow White live, rather than cutting out her heart and returning it to the queen in a box as he had been ordered to do. |