The Wishing Spell

The Prologue takes place in the Fairytale World, where Snow White enters her kingdom’s dungeon to visit her imprisoned stepmother, the Evil Queen. The question of why her stepmother ignored and abused her as a child has plagued Snow White night and day, and she seeks the answer for her own peace of mind. Her stepmother is apathetic to Snow White’s emotions, and Snow White tries many tactics to get her stepmother to show some kind of caring. Snow White asks if her stepmother knows the people are calling her the “Evil Queen,” to which her stepmother replies that if the world chooses to call her that, she’ll have to live with it because “once the world has made a decision, there is little anyone can do to change its mind” (5).

The Evil Queen is unmoved by anything Snow White has to say, claiming her heart is made of stone. The only object the Evil Queen was permitted to take to prison is a stone in the shape of a heart, which Snow White examines as she lays out her troubled childhood. She knows the Evil Queen tried to kill her, even when she came to the cottage in the woods that Snow White had shared with seven dwarves disguised as an old woman.