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Taylor Moore
Cary Babka
Theatre Arts 356
19 September 2015
Regina Mills
‘Love is weakness’ and ‘I shall destroy your happiness if it is the last thing I do’ are some
of the first lines we hear from the Evil Queen in ABC’s Once Upon a Time. Regina Mills cast a
curse on an entire land to live in the modern world and everyone would have fake memories of
living there. Everyone would forget about where they came from. They wouldn’t remember their
family or the magic. The only one who knew was the one who cast the curse. Regina’s biggest
threat in Storybrooke (the name of the town she created) was Emma, her adoptive son’s birth
mom, and after four season, the two women are friends. After a long road, Emma and Regina are
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Regina’s first love
was killed in front of her by her own mother. Despite being mistreated by her mother, Regina
always had a way with children. When she first created the curse, a boy named Owen and his
father ended up in their town. Regina and Owen got along pretty well and she wanted them to
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stay. Unfortunately didn’t work out. But later, Regina decided to adopt a child, unaware that he
is the savior’s son. She named him Henry, after her late father. She raised Henry and loved him
so much. When Henry brought his birth mother, Emma, into town, Regina wasn’t happy. She did
whatever she could to make Emma look bad. Regina felt threatened by her, not just because is
going to break her curse. She is a protective mother and he is the most important thing to her.
When Henry was kidnapped and taken to Neverland, Regain says, ‘All I have is Henry and I am
not about to lose him because he is everything.’ About a year after this, she has more people in
her life.
Regina started off as one of the main villains. She hated Snow White for telling a secret
and her daughter Emma Swan, for being in Storybrooke. Regina framed Mary Margaret (Snow)
for a murder that didn’t even happen, and Emma for stealing documents. After the curse broke,
Emma was the first to run to Regina and save her form the town. Regina had been chasing after
Snow White for years, but when they met up again in Storybrooke, Snow didn’t want vengeance.
When
Regina started to spent less time at home and more time reading in the woods. They move again to Rocky Point during the winter, once they get there Cookie leaves to be with new boyfriend Red Devil, leaving them alone, not registered for school, without food and without heat. Regina’s older sister Cherie get’s sick of pneumonia and social services took them away once again. After Cherie recovers Cookie regains custody and Karl has agreed to return if Cookie stops drinking, the day Cookie came home smelling like alcohol Karl left. That year they go visit their grandparents are rejected and for the next two months they are living in their mother’s car. They are left alone in the car at night when she goes with someone to spend the night. When they do find someplace to live they have to leave due to the neighbors noticing the children are not going to school, are again living in the car. A few months later both Cherie and Camille moveout. When their mom gets a job at a Deli live in a room upstairs from it. Cookie gets upset when Regina comes home late resulting with her mother throwing a pan when Camille intervene her mother pushes her down the stairs. She was taken to the hospital. The hospital staff did not ask about their mother or went deeper into the story they told. Regina knew her sisters were not going to stay she decided to get a job at age 11 at the same place her mother works in. Her mother would
As stated in the book, “I sit on her lap, put my head on her chest and put my arms around her and we start rocking. She holds me tight like Mama used to” (Lester 36). This is being told by Sarah Pierce and just shows the kind of person Emma is. She cares for her young ‘masters’ and acts as a mother figure when their actual mother cannot. Although slaves are frowned upon when having a relationship with white masters, Emma takes it upon herself to love and make sure Frances and Sarah are in good hands. According to the novel, it also asserts, “(She hugs her father tight.) Tell Mama I won’t forget nothing she taught me. Tell her I’ll be alright. And I’ll be strong Papa. I’ll be strong” (Lester 94). This demonstrates the courage and perseverance Emma possesses, even when she is being ripped away from her loving family. When she’s being sold, she keeps her head up and tells herself not to look defeated. Emma is very strong and will not let anything show her (very few) weaknesses. As demonstrated, this protagonist has positive characteristics based on what thirteen years of ups and downs she has gone through. Emma Henry is simply an
At the young age of 14, Regina, had completely lost her hearing. She would continue to speak fluently while relying on lip reading and notes from others. As a young girl, she was interested in drawing and plants. When she would be given five cents for a treat (ice cream), she would go and buy plants seeds instead. Regina was lucky to have parents that encouraged her talent with private art lessons.
Regina is the definition of a drama queen. She does not have much of a relationship with her younger sister or either of her parents; however, they give her everything her heart desires. Her mother tries to be
Lizzie and Emma ended up living together for a short time. Eventually Lizzie moved out into her own home.
As Janis is telling Cady about the different cliques at their school, she ponders "How do I begin to explain Regina George?" This is followed by comments and opinions by different students ': "Regina George is flawless" "She has two Fendi purses and a silver Lexus". The fact that the second comment made about her describes the products that she owns says a lot about our consumer culture and recognition of brands, and the way we look up to people. Mean Girls emphasises that Regina is "fabulous, but she 's evil" - despite her attractiveness and the respect she is given, her behaviour and personality leave much to be desired. Even though she is downright nasty and universally hated, people still want to be like
Regina’s “flawless” appearance established her power among other girls. Among high school girls, power is stereotypically established through looks. As shown in Mean Girls, girls will look up the person they feel has the ideal appearance. The random comments said about Regina indicate that she is idolized by many of the girls attending North Shore High School. Other girls know everything about her, because they want to be just like her. This entrenches Regina’s position at the school.
I then addressed the violence in the schools, Regina admitted she does not feel safe at all and that she has seen violence on a regular basis. She has also has been a victim of it. She states and maintains that television is to blame. She feels children watch and bring it to school, especially the wrestling moves, and violent behavior.
Though she was manipulated by Janis, she had a personal motivation to carry on the attack. She was clearly jealous of Regina due to her crush, Aaron Samuels being Regina’s boyfriend. In a conversation with Janis, she cries ‘Regina took Aaron back’ then later creates another scheme in revenge. Gretchen trying to impress Regina is another example of jealousy. Mostly due to plan to isolate Regina, Gretchen is slowly distancing from Regina while she tries desperately to impress her.
Regina phones Cady to ask a series of questions, and even to give her guidance to talk to Aaron. Cady believes Regina is helping her with her confidence to communicate to Aaron, however Regina is sabotaging her relationship with Aaron. That is one message received wrong by Cady, an additional one is how Regina is fooling Cady into saying something she doesn’t mean to say about Gretchen. Regina is known for being a bully and has a negative influence on her group, Regina quickly becomes jealous of how the other girls like the “new girl” she wants Cady to cause conflict with the other girls for Regina to maintain her authority, and for Gretchen and Karen to dislike
Their conflict could have been terminated if Janis took the time to speak openly and honestly with Regina, but this would not lead to a movie full of
Emma's personality is largely shaped by the nature of her upbringing. Emma had no motherly figure guiding her as she grew up, due to the fact that her
Snow White was kind to the Wicked Queen. She did not wish any evil on her even after she sent her in the woods to die. Snow White only wished for the love of her step mother.
In one Once Upon a Time the evil queen Regina was a very vicious and deceptive person. The evil queen is the adoptive mother of Snow White’s grandchild. Snow White's daughter (Emma) is the birth mother of her son and originally meets him again at her doorstep when he discovers an old folktale that is true. The evil queen in OUAT is also the mayor or her town, when Snow White’s daughter is involved in anything she make sure Emma gets the short end of the stick.
Norbury asks the entire senior class to raise their hand if they have ever been victimized by Regina George and nearly every single hand was raised. She does whatever she wants and thinks that everyone admires her. This is mostly because of the way her mom acts towards her and her friends. Regina's mom tries to be one of the teenage girls and gossip along with the "plastics." She even allows her daughter to drink underage. Regina's mom also allows the younger daughter to watch nudity on the television. Her care free, laid back parenting style plays a huge roll on how Regina acts towards her peers. In addition, Cady's parents are very strict. The first sign of this is in the beginning when they are very concerned with sending her to a public high school. After being exposed to the "plastics" and how they act, Cady begins to drink and participate in illegal activity nearly every weekend. Cady finds her wrong doings as an escape from her parents. This is because her parents are too strict and are constantly nagging her. Their uptight, strict parenting style is what leads to Cady doing unacceptable activities.