Starts off by introducing the antagonist - the evil Queen, Snow White's step mother, dark colours, evil face, dark room.
Broken home- Snow White only has one parent, her step mother. Like Cinderella.
Snow White - singing, pretty, feminine, friends with the animals, in the sunshine, smiling and kind - protagonist, wearing rags like Cinderella.
Snow White sings about making wishes - she wishes for love, wants more to life, much like the other protagonists of Disney films. "I'm wishing, for the one I love, to find me, today"
The Prince comes and falls instantly in love with her, love at first sight (True love). - Sings to her, romance and love.
Queen can't stand to see Snow White happy, she wants to be the "fairest of them all" - sends a woodsman to have her killed and bring her heart back to her.
Snow White helping a little bird, very sweet and kind - gentle.
Woodsman warns Snow White to run away or else she'll be killed, she runs and gets lost in dark and evil woods. - Evil eyes and claws personify everything in the woods.
Woodland creatures comfort Snow White - although these cannot speak. They take her to the cottage in the woods for safety - important friendship and trust in the animals.
Femininity - Snow White is dainty, big eyes, small features, full lips, pretty dress, traditional femininity - "I'll wash, sew, sweep, cook.." She cleans for the dwarfs, and makes them food/sets the table. And mothers them - kisses their foreheads, makes them wash before meals, tells them a love story of her and the Prince.
Masculinity -The dwarfs can't cook, don't wash, don't clean - negative representation. However they work hard all day in the mines, and are gentlemen to Snow White and let her have their beds. They are scared when they don't know who's in the house - but are brave enough in the end to discover her all together. The Prince is the only one who can save Snow White, he's handsome, polite, a gentleman, positive representation.
Family and friendship - Snow White's family, her step-mother the Queen, is evil, and wants her dead. The dwarfs become like family to her, very close friendship, they try to protect her against the Queen, show a lot of love for her, build a glass coffin for her to lay in when she is poisoned because they cannot part with her. The woodland animals are good friends to her, they go to notify the dwarfs when they see that she is in trouble - they welcome her in and look after her/help her clean.
When the evil Queen discovers she's been tricked, she creates a potion to disguise herself so she can kill Snow White herelf to be the fairest in the land. - Similar to how Ursella disguises herself in The Little Mermaid, 1989.
The Queen is horrible to a crow, scaring it into a corner with the poisoned apple - a contrast to Snow White who is nice to everyone/everything.
"Love's first kiss" is the only thing that can save Snow White - like the Beast's curse in Beauty and the Beast, 1991.
Snow White is tempted by the apple because she is told it is a "wish" apple, - and she wants her wishes to come true.
The Prince searches far and wide to find Snow White again, and when he does, true loves kiss breaks her spell.
The film finishes with the pages of the story book it started with, on the page "and they lived happily ever after" to finish.
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