Mothers in literature: The women who stand out from the rest


The stepmother aka Queen in Disney's 'Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs'.

The mother figure is an ever present force in literature. Love or hate them, we look at a few who stand out.

The Queen from the Grimm Brothers’ Snow White: A practitioner of the dark arts and a parent who relishes the prospect of filicide best describes the queen mother in the Grimm Brothers’ tale. 

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