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• Why does the Evil Queen want Snow White dead?▾

  The Queen is consumed by vanity and cannot tolerate anyone being deemed more beautiful than herself. Her enchanted Magic Mirror declares Snow White the fairest in the land, which the Queen interprets as a direct threat to her supremacy. Rather than accept this, she orders the Huntsman to kill Snow White and bring back her heart as proof.

• Why does the Huntsman spare Snow White instead of killing her?▾

  When faced with actually harming the innocent and frightened girl, the Huntsman cannot go through with it. He is overcome by pity and tells Snow White to flee into the forest, substituting an animal's heart to deceive the Queen. His act of mercy sets the entire rest of the story in motion.

• How does the Evil Queen's poisoned apple actually work, and what is the intended cure?▾

  The Queen brews a Sleeping Death potion and dips an apple in it, so that one bite will cause the victim to fall into a death-like slumber. The Queen knows the spell has one counter: Love's First Kiss. She gambles that Snow White, buried by grieving dwarfs, will never be found by anyone who loves her, making the sleep permanent in practice.

• Why do the seven dwarfs place Snow White in a glass coffin rather than burying her?▾

  The dwarfs love Snow White and cannot bring themselves to put her in the ground, because she appears so peaceful and lifelike rather than truly dead. The glass coffin allows them to keep vigil over her while preserving her visible beauty. It also serves the narrative purpose of keeping her accessible so the Prince can find and revive her.

• What happens to the Evil Queen at the end of the film?▾

  While fleeing across a cliff top during a storm, the Queen attempts to dislodge a boulder to crush the pursuing dwarfs. Before she can succeed, lightning strikes the ledge she is standing on and it crumbles, sending her falling to her death off the cliff face. The vultures that had been following her descend after her, implying she is consumed, though this is left off screen.