The Sleeping Beauty In The Wood Analysis

No matter what version of Sleeping Beauty people is familiar with, whether it’s the Brothers Grimm or the well known Disney version, everyone is very familiar with the basic story of how a young princess is cursed to prick her finger and die when she turns sixteen, but is saved by a fairy who turns her death into a deep sleep that lasts 100 years, until the day a prince comes to her rescue. But in the case of “ The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood,” by Charles Perrault, once the prince has woken the beautiful princess he goes back to his kingdom. Two year pass before they get married and have two beautiful children, but their story doesn’t end all happily ever after right away. There are some complications along the way, for example the fact that …show more content…
Modern Interpretation of Heroine’s Consciousness in Tales of Sleeping Beauty,” Seungyeon Lee, argues that there is a deeper meaning to the story of Sleeping Beauty. Lee explains how the sleep that the princess is forced to undertake is simply a metaphor for something else, in her opinion, it represents the turning point in which the princess, Sleeping Beauty, transitions from adolescence into adulthood. During that period the princess will undergo changes that will help prepare her for her awakening, which would be her reentry into society. That should not be the case, women should be independent and shouldn't need to change for someone …show more content…
Nevertheless, they are all onto something, yes the point in which the princess is asleep surprisingly has a deeper meaning, but it all depends on the person's context. Although it is obvious that a woman shouldn’t wait like a butterfly, dormant during the time it's progressing through changes until the time is ready, but if that is the case the butterfly should have the choice to be free or settle down, or not change at