Snow White is the titular primary protagonist of Disney's 1937 animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and is one of Auradon's heroes. In addition to being the Queen of Charmington, she is also the news reporter of Auradon, and the owner of Snow White's Snack Shack. She is the stepdaughter of the Evil Queen, the stepsister of Evie, and the wife of Prince Florian.
She is portrayed by Stephanie Bennett in Descendants.
Background Information
Character origins
Further information: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White as she appears originally in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Born a princess, Snow White was the only daughter of unnamed royalty. After her mother died when she was young, her father re-married another woman who later became the Evil Queen. After the king died, Snow White was forced by her stepmother to become a scullery maid in fear that she would one day surpass her beauty. One day, while cleaning the castle courtyard, Snow White met Prince Florian, whom she fell in love with at first sight. When the Magic Mirror once declared the young princess to be the fairest maiden within the land rather than the Evil Queen, the latter ordered a huntsman to locate Snow White, kill her and bring her heart back as proof the deed was done.
After the huntsman could not bring himself to do as he was ordered, he allowed Snow White to escape and begged her to do so as he only returned to his queen with the heart of a dead pig instead. After running away, Snow White eventually came across a cottage and cleaned it up with help from the local wildlife. Soon, she met the inhabitants of the cottage, seven dwarfs.
In an attempt to finally rid herself of her stepdaughter after finding the truth from her Magic Mirror, the Evil Queen disguised herself as an old woman and gave the girl a poisoned apple. The young princess ate it and fell into a deep slumber, seemingly dying from it. She was placed in a glass coffin and mourned by the dwarfs but was soon saved by Prince Florian, the prince she had met previously that day and who gave her true love's kiss. The two then rode away on the prince's horse.
Personality
Snow White is well-known for her innocence and kindness — both of which act as her greatest strengths, as they've guided her safely through the various hardships faced throughout her life. Her generous, trusting and helpful nature can cause her trouble, as other people might take advantage of it, such as her stepmother, the Evil Queen. Although she is sensitive and soft-spoken, she can be energetic, stern and sarcastic to a degree, such as when she told the Dwarfs to wash their hands or when she scolded the birds for "frightening the poor old lady" (who turns out to be the Evil Queen in disguise). Snow White is motherly, compassionate and delights in keeping house for the lovable Seven Dwarfs while she waits to meet her beloved prince again. With her kindness and ethereal beauty, Snow White charms every creature in the kingdom except her stepmother. She also shows great resilience and an inner strength against adversity.
Appearance
In her youth, Snow White, described by her stepmother's magic mirror, had "hair black as ebony, lips red as the rose, skin white as snow." Though she is first seen in rags at her debut, Snow White is most well known for her iconic dress with a blue bodice, puffy red and blue striped sleeves, an ankle-length yellow skirt with a self-sewn white petticoat and a high white collar, along with yellow shoes, a brown cape with a red interior, and a red bow in her hair.
After 20 years of Auradon's founding, during Ben's coronation, Snow White wears a dark blue dress the bottom of the dress is dark blue and yellow at the top the sleeves are dark blue and the bodice is covered in light blue sequins. She wears a red bow in her head which is covered in light blue sequins, and the bow being moved to the right side of her head. According to the Evil Queen, Snow White may have some work done to look young.
History
Descendants
She is mentioned in when Maleficent mentions to the Evil Queen that she wants revenge on her and the Seven Dwarfs. She is mentioned again by her stepsister, Evie, when she is giving Mal makeovers for her date with Prince Ben. She later attends Ben's coronation where the latter would become king and acts as the news reporter. During her segment, she made a comment about Jane's hair and becomes surprised that Evie designed Mal's dress.
Descendants 2
An image of Snow White and her husband, Prince Florian, appear in a stained glass on The True Love.[2]
School of Secrets: Lonnie's Warrior Sword
Snow White interviewed Ari, the well-known host of the Auradon Warrior Challenge on the day's event, which is seen on the television screen by Lonnie. She told Ari that some of the elimination round she had seen was quite exciting.[3]
Escape from the Isle of the Lost
One of the objectives in the Senior Quest is pick an apple from Snow White's orchard.[4] It is later mentioned that she is the owner of a trendy new restaurant, Snow White's Snack Shack.[5]
Descendants: The Royal Wedding
Snow White is mentioned by Audrey when the latter is told that the doves flew away due to Hades accidentally crashing Mal and Ben's wedding, saying that they can call Snow White up and tell her to figure it out.
Trivia
- She is Disney's first princess with her film being the very first feature length one by Disney.
- In Descendants: Wicked World, Mal has a painting of Snow White, seen in the episodes "Evie's Explosion of Taste", "Mal's Digi-Image Problem" and "Careful What You Wish For".
- She is the first protagonist to be raised by a villain, the second being Cinderella, the third Quasimodo, the fourth Rapunzel.
- Out of the original trio of princesses, her, Cinderella and Princess Aurora, she is the only one without a known child with Cinderella being the mother of Chad and Chloe and Aurora as the mother of Audrey.
- In The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel, Snow White is mentioned by Jaq and Mary during their meeting of the Council of Sidekicks with Ben. Jaq mentions her by name when mentioning the animals and Mary also mentions her by name explaining that the princess would need more outfits given that she would be reporting on Ben's coronation.
- In School of Secrets: Freddie's Shadow Cards, it is revealed that she has her own celebrity show, having had more equipment, assistants and a marketing team.
- She is roughly thirty-four by Descendants, given that she is said to be fourteen in her debut and twenty years had passed since Auradon and the Isle of the Lost were formed.
- She is one of the few characters originally from Disney animated films to have appeared in the Descendants film series (in a non-cameo role) without a descendant of them also appearing.
References
- ↑ The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel, Chapter 13, Page 66 – Snow White's nickname by the Evil Queen.
- ↑ Descendants 2 – A stained glass with Snow White and Prince Florian is seen in the Cotillion.
- ↑ School of Secrets: Lonnie's Warrior Sword, Page 101 – Lonnie watches Snow White's interview with Ari on one of the TV channels about the Auradon Warrior Challenge.
- ↑ Escape from the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel, Chapter 11, Page 74 – The list of objetives for the Senior Quest is shown.
- ↑ Escape from the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel, Chapter 11, Page 76 – Auradon Prep students visit Snow White's Snack Shack.
