Salve Regina University Digital Commons @ Salve Regina Pell Scholars and Senior Theses Salve's Dissertations and Theses Winter 2015 Long Live the Evil Queen: Once Upon a Time's Evolved Villain Frank S. Lombari Salve Regina University,
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[email protected]. By: Frank Lombari Mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest Queen of all? In today’s pop culture, many traditional villains are beginning to be turned into antiheroes. ABC’s television show Once Upon a Time has taken a number of fairytale villains and provided them both a background and character growth. Specifically, the adaptation of the Evil Queen has shifted from primary antagonist to redeemed hero over the first three seasons. The show also displays her in the real-world rather than just a fairytale universe. I claim that this radical development occurs due three essential aspects: the Evil Queen and Snow White; motherhood; and lastly, fighting a powerful enemy.