Fairytales have long been an effective catalyst in children’s development. Lubetsky illustrates the advantages of fairytale telling to a child from a psychodynamic perspective. He reasons, “the telling of fairy tales is one way to elicit a child’s inner thoughts and feelings, expose conflicts and frustrations, reduce anxiety, and gain mastery over developmental tasks.” Therefore as a form of literature that is exposed to a massive number of people with usefulness, fairytales tend to cover a wide range of audiences of different backgrounds and pick the key events in the developmental process. In this case, Brothers Grimm illustrate societal expectations to the kids through the sexual encounter between boys and
