**1.4 The tale of Snow White**

Within the language and literature of fairy tales, the fairy tale known in English as Snow White was originally published as Schneewittchen by the Brothers Grimm as part of a documentation of current German fairy tales in 1857 [65, 66]. Multiple narratives, re-tellings, and variations on the Snow White fairy tale exist, including a range of interpretations and emphases [54, 67–72], and this tale is in fact found all over the world [73, 74]. For those who may not be familiar with this fairy tale, a detailed outline by Robinson [75] is found in Appendix 1. Dillingham [63] summarizes this fairy tale as follows:

*The Grimms's [66] "Snow White" tells the tale of a princess born to a beautiful, self-centered queen. The queen has a magic mirror that confirms her supremacy as the most beautiful in the land until her daughter reaches the age of 7 and usurps her... Furious, she casts Snow White out into the woods to be killed, but the child is released and finds shelter in the home of the seven dwarfs... After years of domestic service in exchange for room and board, Snow White finally falls prey to the deceitful witch who puts Snow White into a deathlike state... A prince happens upon the dwarfs' cottage with the beautiful Snow White in the glass coffin. He falls deeply in love with her and brings her back to his castle, where she awakens by chance, and the happy couple wed" [63].*

Barzilai summarizes this fairy tale even further as: "a young girl flees from the murderous intentions of her wicked stepmother, finds shelter with the seven dwarfs, undergoes three trials or temptations, succumbs to the poison apple, and is rescued from her death-sleep by a charming prince" [54]. Johnston has identified eight key elements within this fairy tale: (1) Snow White the character, (2) the Evil Queen, (3) the Mirror, (4) the Huntsman, (5) the Seven Dwarfs, (6) the Apple, (7) the Revival, and (8) Happily Ever After [68]. Many aspects of this fairy tale have been explored deeply to understand how the elements carry information about societal expectations and appropriate behavioral models [65]. The tale of Snow White especially carries cultural expectations of marriage and domestication and focuses
