In her article “Onceuponatime” Andrea Dworkin writes about how men and women are portrayed in fairytales has a negative impact on children and society. Dworkin emphasizes this when she writes “He is handsome and heroic. He is a prince that is; he is powerful, noble, and good. He rides a horse. He travels far and wide…” Fairytales give a falsified look at life. They make little boys feel as if they have to be strong and heroic when in reality they can be whatever they choose to be. Fairytales make men look powerful and noble when that is not how it is actually, they are able to make their own future. In tales, the mother who is supposed to be the good person in the story always ends up dying. Dworkin examines this statement “When she is good,
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Andrea Dworkin points out that “Grown men are terrified of the wicked witch”. Furthermore Dworkin goes on to write “His new wife was beautiful, greedy, and proud. She was ambitious and recognized…” In the final analysis, in fairytales if women are portrayed as strong and/or independent they automatically become manly which is frowned upon in fairytales. Therefore the men become threatened by these women because they are used to seeing women as passive and waiting for a manly figure to come and do everything for her. Which is not the case when a woman is portrayed having ‘manly characteristics’ they are automatically a threat to the man, which means they need to be taken down by the man in the story. Several critics may believe that Andrea Dworkin was not effective with the diction she used because some readers may find it difficult to understand. This is proven when she says “You may have as much rampion as you like…”.Likewise this is also proven when Dworkin says “But the terror remains as the substratum of male-female relation…”. Nonetheless in reality Dworkins article addresses this issue by drawing attention to the fact that women are depicted as weak when a man is not present in their life and if they are strong, they are seen as manly which then frightens
Andrea Dworkin points out that “Grown men are terrified of the wicked witch”. Furthermore Dworkin goes on to write “His new wife was beautiful, greedy, and proud. She was ambitious and recognized…” In the final analysis, in fairytales if women are portrayed as strong and/or independent they automatically become manly which is frowned upon in fairytales. Therefore the men become threatened by these women because they are used to seeing women as passive and waiting for a manly figure to come and do everything for her. Which is not the case when a woman is portrayed having ‘manly characteristics’ they are automatically a threat to the man, which means they need to be taken down by the man in the story. Several critics may believe that Andrea Dworkin was not effective with the diction she used because some readers may find it difficult to understand. This is proven when she says “You may have as much rampion as you like…”.Likewise this is also proven when Dworkin says “But the terror remains as the substratum of male-female relation…”. Nonetheless in reality Dworkins article addresses this issue by drawing attention to the fact that women are depicted as weak when a man is not present in their life and if they are strong, they are seen as manly which then frightens