The Reflections of Queen Snow White by David Meredith

When the King's first wife, the Good Queen passes away, Snow White's father marries again. The Queen is a very beautiful but proud and arrogant woman who is secretly dabbling in dark arts.

The queen with her mirror, from 2011's My Book of Favourite Fairy Tales(illustrated by Jennie Harbour)

4.3 Reimagined adaptations in comics and theatre.

4.2 Reimagined adaptations in film and television.

4.1 Reimagined adaptations in literature.

The Queen has also become an archetype that inspired several characters featured in the works that are not directly based on the original tale. 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. In the revisionist stories, she can even become anantihero or a tragic hero. In these, the Queen is often re-imagined and sometimes portrayed more sympathetically, such as being morally conflicted, or suffering from madness, instead of just being purely evil.

Various other versions of the Queen appear in many subsequent adaptations and continuations of the fairy tale, including novels and films. She is often regarded as the most interesting character in 'Snow White' and has been extensively analyzed and evaluated by literature scholars and psychologists. The tale is a lesson for young children warning againstnarcissism and pride. In the traditional resolution of the story, the Queen is grotesquely executed for her crimes. A driving force in the story is the Queen's Magic Mirror. The young princess Snow White makes her jealous, so the Queen concocts several plans to kill Snow White through the use of witchcraft. The Queen is Snow White's evil and vindictive stepmotherwho is obsessed with being 'the fairest in the land'. Other versions of the Queenappear in 'Snow White' derivative works, and the character has also become an archetype for unrelated works of fiction. The Queen, often referred to as the Evil Queen or the Wicked Queen, is a fictional character and the mainantagonist in 'Snow White', a German fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm similar stories are also known to exist in other countries.

The Reflections of Queen Snow White by David Meredith