Are Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales relevant (or not) in our Society?
Myths, folktales, and fairy tales are definitely relevant in today's society. There are many things that have been based on these myths, folktales, and fairy tales. People, most of the time, just don’t notice it, but these myths, folktales, and fairytales have been around for so long, that they are kind of a tradition now. Myths sometimes show important lessons, such as jealousy, and that not all people are happy with what or who they are. Jealousy, wishes, hope, being free, being different, complaining: all of these are in myths, folktales, and fairy tales and in reality.
An example of one of the things listed above is being free. In lines 92-96 page 347, the Prince …show more content…
In lines 23-24 it states,” They fell to arguing among themselves; the argument became a quarrel, and the quarrel grew more and more bitter…” This story tells that once the goddess, Eris, throws the golden apple the three other goddesses were almost “fighting” over the apple because it said, “to the fairest”. The goddesses each wanted the apple so badly because they each thought they were the fairest. The mortals at the party did not want to choose which one was the fairest because they knew that if they pick one then the other two would be frustrated with the mortals. So the goddesses decided to ask a mortal named Paris because he did not know who they are. The mortal picked aphrodite, the goddess of beauty. Anyway, the point of this story is that the goddesses would go through anything just to prove that they are the ones who deserve the best. People these days also can be selfish, with money, beauty, attention. Some people are also very “hypocritical”. In this poem/ parody the fact that people can be “hypocritical”. The Goddess Eris and the other three goddesses are pointing fingers at each other, but are doing exactly what they say is wrong, and same in our society, people blame others for doing wrong when really they are doing things just as
Myths, folktales, and fairy tales are definitely relevant in today's society. There are many things that have been based on these myths, folktales, and fairy tales. People, most of the time, just don’t notice it, but these myths, folktales, and fairytales have been around for so long, that they are kind of a tradition now. Myths sometimes show important lessons, such as jealousy, and that not all people are happy with what or who they are. Jealousy, wishes, hope, being free, being different, complaining: all of these are in myths, folktales, and fairy tales and in reality.
An example of one of the things listed above is being free. In lines 92-96 page 347, the Prince …show more content…
In lines 23-24 it states,” They fell to arguing among themselves; the argument became a quarrel, and the quarrel grew more and more bitter…” This story tells that once the goddess, Eris, throws the golden apple the three other goddesses were almost “fighting” over the apple because it said, “to the fairest”. The goddesses each wanted the apple so badly because they each thought they were the fairest. The mortals at the party did not want to choose which one was the fairest because they knew that if they pick one then the other two would be frustrated with the mortals. So the goddesses decided to ask a mortal named Paris because he did not know who they are. The mortal picked aphrodite, the goddess of beauty. Anyway, the point of this story is that the goddesses would go through anything just to prove that they are the ones who deserve the best. People these days also can be selfish, with money, beauty, attention. Some people are also very “hypocritical”. In this poem/ parody the fact that people can be “hypocritical”. The Goddess Eris and the other three goddesses are pointing fingers at each other, but are doing exactly what they say is wrong, and same in our society, people blame others for doing wrong when really they are doing things just as