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The Queen with her mirror in an American illustration from 1913
The Queen, often referred to as the Evil Queen or the Wicked Queen, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in “Snow White“, a fairy tale set in the German countryside, recorded by the Brothers Grimm; similar stories are also known to exist in other countries. Other versions of the Queen appear in “Snow White” derivative works, and the character has also became an archetype for unrelated works of fiction.
The Queen is a vindictive stepmother who is obsessed with being “the fairest in the land”. The young princess Snow White makes her jealous, so the Queen concocts several plans to kill Snow White through the use of witchcraft. A driving force in the story is the Queen’s Magic Mirror. In the traditional resolution of the story, the Queen is grotesquely executed. The tale is a lesson for young children warning against narcissism and pride.
Various other versions of the character appear in many subsequent adaptations and continuations of the fairy tale, including novels and films. In these, the Queen is often portrayed more sympathetically, such as being morally conflicted, or suffering from madness, instead of just being purely evil. In the revisionist stories, she can even become an antihero or a tragic hero. In some instances, she serves as the protagonist or narrator of the story; one such particularly notable version is Disney‘s version, sometimes known as Queen Grimhilde. The Queen has also became an archetype that inspired several characters featured in the works that are not directly based on the original tale
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