Poisoned Apple

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## General information

### Inspiration

The Poisoned Apple from Disney's *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*

## Background information

### Purpose(s)

To send Snow White into the Sleeping Curse

### Location(s)

Snow White's Castle, Green Valley
Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs

### Success

Sends Snow White into the Sleeping Curse, but she is revived by the kiss of Prince Richard

### Final fate

Falling from Snow White's lifeless hand after a small chunk is bitten off of it

The **Poisoned Apple** is a magic blood-red apple which will send its victim into the **Sleeping Curse** when bitten. The victim of it can only be revived by true love's kiss.

It is used by Queen Chrystal in an attempt to poison Snow White in *The Legend of Snow White*. The Poisoned Apple is also well-known as Snow White's trademark object.

## Appearance

### *The Legend of Snow White (film)*

After descends into her laboratory, Queen Chrystal declares that Snow White should be dead with her own hands. She brews the potion and dips an ordinary apple into the brew, and the Sleeping Curse seeps into the apple. Queen Chrystal raises the apple from the apple tree to reveal the poison dripping from the apple has formed an image of a death. She then disguised herself as an old woman, puts the apple in a basket, and leaves the castle. Then the Evil Queen makes her way to the Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs to find Snow White.

She reaches the cottage and, according to plan, finds that the Dwarfs have left and Snow White is alone. Catching the girl by surprise as she is preparing food, the woman offers her the apple. Snow White does not recognize any danger in the old woman and lets her into the house to offer her a drink of water. Thankful toward Snow White for being so good to her, Queen Chrystal told her that the apple is no ordinary apple; but is a magic wishing apple, capable of finding joy and happiness. Snow White taking the apple and, before taking a bite, she hugged the old woman and told her the witchcraft doesn't frighten her. Snow White did so and soon fell to the floor after feeling the poison's effects, which caused her to fall into a Sleeping Curse. After she fell, Queen Chrystal scolded Snow White that she knew her disguise and the apple was poisoned.

When the dwarfs returned home, they found the poisoned apple and Snow White is captured by her stepmother. They had found Snow White and they grieved her death. At mourning, they hold a funeral for her at the forest. Finding her so beautiful, even in death, they cannot find it in their hearts to bury her and instead place her in a handmade coffin covered by flowers. Prince Richard hears of Snow White's current state and comes to the clearing where her coffin is placed, reviving her with a kiss and reversing the effects of the poison.

## Differences from the source material

* In the original "Snow White" fairy tale, the Queen visited Snow White three times, each time in a different disguise and with a different object: first, she came with a corset, which she used to draw the breath from Snow White (the dwarfs arrive in time to remove the corset); second, she came with a poisoned comb, which she put in Snow White's hair (the dwarfs simply remove it); finally, she came with the poisoned apple, the effects of which the dwarfs were unable to undo.
* The Queen prepared the apple so that only one side was red and therefore poisonous. To convince Snow White that the apple was safe, she took a bite from the pale side, offering the red side to the girl.
* Snow White was not cured in the original story by being kissed; the Prince was amazed at her beauty and had her carried in the glass coffin to his castle; on the way, she was knocked, and the piece of poisoned apple fell out of her mouth.