Little Snow White vs. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Disney took the ideas and plots from the Brothers Grimm but diverted from the original tale to make the movie more marketable for his audience. Disney then put a more magical twist on the story by including true love’s kiss and the magic used by the Evil Queen. Even though much of the Disney Movie is different, the story still has similarities to the Grimm’s.

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Similarities

• “Mirror, Mirror, On the wall…” phrase is the same
• Queen orders huntsman to take Snow White into the forest and kill her
• He’s suppose to bring the Queen her some kind of organ  
• Huntsman lets Snow White go and kills a wild animal instead
• Snow White is afraid in the forest
• The cottage is empty; Snow White falls asleep in their beds
• Dwarfs are mesmerized by Snow White’s beauty
• Snow White is placed in a glass coffin by the dwarfs
• Prince and Snow White get married

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Differences

Little Snow White

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Queen wishes for a child; Little Snow White is her biological daughter Queen orders huntsman to specifically stab Little Snow White to death, and bring back her lungs and liver for her to eat Snow White runs the entire day until she stumbles upon the Dwarf’s cottage The Queen attempts to kill Snow White 3 Times: with tight lace, a poisoned comb, and a poisoned apple The apple is half poison Prince gets the dwarfs to give him Snow White in her coffin A servant accidentally knocks Snow White and the apple chunk comes out of her throat Queen is forced to dance in hot iron shoes until she dies

Snow White is the Queen’s step-daughter Prince meets Snow White in the beginning Snow White is much older in the film Queen gives orders to huntsman to bring back Snow White’s heart in a box Many friendly animals comfort Snow White and lead her to the Dwarf’s cottage; the animals play a bigger role in the movie Snow White and animals find the cottage dirty and empty so they clean it together The 7 dwarfs have names to match their personalities Poison Apple is in a spell book; it is to close victim’s eyes in the sleeping death, but True Love’s kiss will cure it Snow White prays at the end of the night The Queen dies as lightning strikes and she falls off the rocks; it is an accident Prince finds Snow White and awakens her with a kiss They rode off into the distance