Snow White (fairy tale): Difference between revisions

** The intro to the Walt Disney movie says he died. This Troper recalls that being changed presumably to explain that very problem (he apparently is still alive but extraordinarily inattentive in the fairy tale).

** [[Heir Club for Men|She's a girl]], why should he care? Also, the Queen gives him sex, while his daughter does not (we ''hope'')

* [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!|Don't touch it, you fools!! It might be poison!!]]

* [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma]]: Although, in all fairness, the prince thought she was dead.

** The 2009 novel ''Fairest of All: A Novel of the Wicked Queen'' makes the Queen the protagonist, and in the process of giving her a backstory addresses such issues as what happened to Snow White's dad, the origin of the Magic Mirror, etc. {{spoiler|The Queen becomes evil due to a combination of parental abuse that continues from beyond the grave and the death of the King, the only man who ever truly loved her, and it warps her view of Snow's beauty, innocence, and good nature.}}

** There is also a short story ("Red as Blood" by [[Tanith Lee]]) that gives a different view on the matter: the Queen is actually a heroine who recognizes that the King's first wife (Snow White's mother) was a vampire. After trying several tests (seeing if Snow will go near a rose bush, look in a mirror, or take communion), the Queen determines that the princess is a vampire as well and sends a hunter with a cross to kill her before she reaches adulthood and goes off to kill people as her mother did. This does not go too well so the Queen disguises herself as a hag and gives Snow the apple (actually from the flesh of Jesus) which puts her into a coma. The "prince" (implied to be Jesus) wakes her up and turns her into a human girl. Oh, and the dwarves are stunted tree spirits in it.

* [[Prince Charming]]

* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: Snow White.