This kind of representation might result from the fact that her opponent is by the very name the purest fairy tale princess ever known. Although she has been abused, traumatized, and betrayed, she seems to remain an uber villain, not only attempting to kill her stepdaughter but also destroying nature, starving her people, and spreading a deadly virus. The focus of this investigation is on the backstory that she is equipped with, her crimes, and her ultimate fate. I outline the depiction of the Evil Queen in present-day US-American fairy tale narratives, assessing what makes her the most villainous woman in all the fairy tale realms and questioning why many of these stories try to understand but do not forgive her. Compared to other villains in recent fairy tale adaptations, who are, like Maleficent, redeemed, the queen remains an embodiment of evil and terror in most adaptations. series The Lunar Chronicles (2012–2016), the films Mirror Mirror (2012), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) and The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016), as well as the TV-series Once Upon a Time (2011–2018). In this chapter, I analyse the revision of Snow White's stepmother in the book.

Especially the Evil Queen has become an object of further examination in many recent instalments of the story. Therefore, it is not surprising that the story has been reconsidered multiple times during the current trend of producing fairy tale adaptations. Snow White is one of the most popular fairy tales worldwide.

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