A Different Shade of Evil: Questions of Ethics in Maleficent

This reimagining of one of Disney's most notorious fairytale villains asks us to reconsider the classic narrative dichotomy of good versus evil, facilitating important philosophical discussions in secondary classrooms, writes Adolfo Aranjuez. Additional keywords: animation, new and notable, middle years, senior secondary, ethics, Sleeping Beauty, Brothers Grimm, Robert Stromberg, philosophy, fate, Angelina Jolie