The King's new and second wife is very beautiful, but she is also a wicked and vain woman. When the King's first wife, the Good Queen passes away, Snow White's father marries again. The Evil Queen is a very beautiful but proud and arrogant woman who is secretly dabbling in dark arts. The queen with her mirror, from 1921's My Favourite Book of Fairy Tales (illustrated by Jennie Harbour) The Queen has also become an archetype that inspired several characters featured in works not directly based on the original tale. In some instances, she serves as the protagonist of the story one particularly notable version is Disney's depiction, sometimes known as Queen Grimhilde. In some of the revisionist stories she has even been portrayed as an antihero 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 being simply evil. Various other versions of the Queen appear in subsequent adaptations and continuations of the fairy tale, including novels and films. The tale is meant as a lesson for young children warning them against the dangers of narcissism, pride, and hubris. 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 beautiful young princess Snow White evokes the Queen's sense of envy, so the Queen designs a number of plans to kill Snow White through the use of witchcraft. The Evil Queen is Snow White's evil and vindictive stepmother who is obsessed with being "the fairest in the land". Other versions of the Queen appear in "Snow White" derivative works, and the character has also become an archetype for unrelated works of fiction. The Evil Queen, also called the Wicked Queen, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of " Snow White", a German fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm similar stories are also known to exist in other countries. Snow White (daughter in the original version, stepdaughter since the 1819 revision) The Brothers Grimm (adapted from pre-existing fairy tales) The Evil Queen with her mirror in an American illustration from 1913