The Relationship between the Three Interconnected Texts. The two tales; Perrault’s tale of The Beauty of the Sleeping Wood and the Grimm Brothers’ Little Briar-Rose are two versions of the same tale of the sleeping beauty. The Russians National Ballet Theatre’s The Sleeping Beauty was composed based on the version of the Charles Perrault's tales. The versions listed above in respect to the sleeping beauty keep the literal meaning of the text while maintaining oral tradition while the main characters are entangled into sleep. The stories are about a king and a queen desperately in need of a child. After a long wait, a magical frog predicts the birth of a baby girl. After the fulfillment of the prophecy, the king and
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The two tales ends as expected; when the prince awakens the princess, the two marry and live happily ever after. On the other hand, in Perrault’s versions, the tale is inconsistent with the idea of the oral traditions. Unlike the Grimm Brothers’ version, the story continues even after the princess is woken up by the prince. For instance, Perrault furthers his tale by narrating about the evil nature of the ogress mother of the princes. The prince’s mother wants to eat his grandchildren and the daughter-in-law but is tricked by the head chef. Upon discovering the trick, she gets furious and wants to kill the son’s family. The prince returns and saves the day leading the mother to kill herself since she cannot live with the shame. This second part of the story is always a very common feature in literary tales. The breach of oral tradition is also seen when Perrault addresses time, "the prince was careful not to tell her that her dress, with its high starched ruff, would have been fashionable in his grandmother's day." All the three versions made reference to the society at that time. For example, when the fairy cast a spell on every person in the castle to fall asleep. Perrault wrote, "Governesses, ladies-in-waiting, chambermaids, gentlemen, officers, stewards, cooks, scullions, errand boys, guards, porters, pages and footmen." The Grimm brothers wrote, "Ladies, gentlemen, pages, waiting-maids, footmen, grooms in the stable, and even the horses she touched them all. They all went to sleep just where they were when
The two tales ends as expected; when the prince awakens the princess, the two marry and live happily ever after. On the other hand, in Perrault’s versions, the tale is inconsistent with the idea of the oral traditions. Unlike the Grimm Brothers’ version, the story continues even after the princess is woken up by the prince. For instance, Perrault furthers his tale by narrating about the evil nature of the ogress mother of the princes. The prince’s mother wants to eat his grandchildren and the daughter-in-law but is tricked by the head chef. Upon discovering the trick, she gets furious and wants to kill the son’s family. The prince returns and saves the day leading the mother to kill herself since she cannot live with the shame. This second part of the story is always a very common feature in literary tales. The breach of oral tradition is also seen when Perrault addresses time, "the prince was careful not to tell her that her dress, with its high starched ruff, would have been fashionable in his grandmother's day." All the three versions made reference to the society at that time. For example, when the fairy cast a spell on every person in the castle to fall asleep. Perrault wrote, "Governesses, ladies-in-waiting, chambermaids, gentlemen, officers, stewards, cooks, scullions, errand boys, guards, porters, pages and footmen." The Grimm brothers wrote, "Ladies, gentlemen, pages, waiting-maids, footmen, grooms in the stable, and even the horses she touched them all. They all went to sleep just where they were when