This frantic vanity and narcissism of the Queen makes her psychotic and overpowers all thinking. She is however punished at the end in true fairy tale style when forced to dance in ‘hot iron slippers’ until her tragic death. (Grimm 178) The Queen’s actions are heaving with underlying oedipal issues as her hysteric jealousy brings her to murder her own stepdaughter. The Queen’s main issue is that she cannot accept the fact that she is getting older. Instead of facing the reality of ageing with grace and being proud of her stepdaughter’s beauty, she becomes envious and bitter and views Snow-white as her rival in beauty. Everything is well for the Queen until her magic mirror announces that Snow white is the most beautiful woman in all the land,
