Obsessed with her beauty, The Queen’s self-love morphs her into a villain that few can compare to. She possessed many dark, mythical powers and had a mirror that held knowledge and could show her whatever she wished to see. A frequent question The Queen would ask the mirror was, “Magic mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” Although she knew the mirror would always respond that she was, she continued to ask the question. One day when she went through her usual routine of asking the mirror that same question, his response was a little different than usual. Snow White, The Queen’s step-daughter, had now surpassed The Queen’s beauty and had stolen the title of the fairest of them all.
The Queen became so full of fury that she decided she must rid herself of Snow White, so she can once again be the most beautiful one of all. She sends Humbert, her huntsman, on a mission to take Snow White into the forest and murder her. Humbert is given a box to place Snow White’s heart in to prove he had actually done the deed. He tries, but can’t bring himself to harm Snow White. Instead he tells her to leave and never return. When he returns to The Queen, he gives her the box which holds a pig’s heart in the place of Snow White’s.
Excited at the thought of being the most beautiful once again, she does not hesitate to ask her favorite question to the mirror once again. Only to her surprise, the mirror is still responding that Snow White is the fairest of them all and that she has found herself a cottage in the forest, living with seven dwarfs. In pure rage, The Queen makes her way to the dungeon of her castle and creates a potion that transforms her into and old, withered witch, the complete opposite of her original appearance. After the transformation is complete, she conjures a poison apple that encloses a death-like sleep for whoever is to bite into it.
The Queen makes her way to the cottage, with two vultures at her side, and tricks Snow White into consuming the poisoned apple by telling her it is a magical wishing apple. As Snow White lies on the floor, the Queen is overjoyed at her triumph. The Seven Dwarfs return to the cottage in time to see Snow White “dead” on the floor and The Queen still at the scene. The Seven Dwarfs chase her into the forest, when The Queen decides it would be a smart idea to start climbing the mountains to escape the Seven Dwarfs. She stands on the ledge of a mountain attempting to push a large boulder on the Seven Dwarfs with a stick. Unfortunately, a storm begins and a flash of lightening strikes the ledge of the mountain and destroys the platform she was standing on. She falls into a black obis with the boulder falling along over top of her.
Why she’s number three: The Queen is another villain seduced by vanity, turning her into a maniacal witch. So desperately wanting to be the most beautiful of them all, she is willing to become an old disfigured hag and murder her step daughter, Snow White. When she morphs into the old woman, her true villainous appearance is unveiled; showing the audience what had been under her beautiful exterior.
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2 comments:
As usual, you always think up good villians that I never would have even considered. I think I need to brush up on my Disney movies instead of sticking to the select few. Though I'm not a huge fan of Snow White, the Queen is definitely one of the wickedest ones of them all.
I still really like how you set up your entries, each including a little clip of the villians in action. Good stuff!
wow I was that exact witch for HALLOWEEN!
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