A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels to display an image, a polarizing plate disposed on the display panel, and a retarder disposed opposite to the display panel, where the polarizing plate is interposed between the retarder and the display panel, the retarder includes first areas and second areas alternately arranged therein, and a direction of a slow axis of the retarder in the first areas is different from a direction of a slow axis of the retarder in the second areas.