Sleeping Beauty Research Paper

The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood With so many different types and forms of folklore one off the more classical types of folklore is fairytales. Fairytales are one of the oldest pieces of folklore as they have had many different variations to adapt to few cultures and have usually had good morals or messages to the children they are targeted to. One of the most known fairytale is the story of “Sleeping Beauty.” “Sleeping Beauty” has lasted for generations ever since it was published in late 1600’s. Over time “Sleeping Beauty” has had the general format with many different conservative elements, variations, and memorable morals. “Sleeping Beauty” originally was a story about how a two kings and queens who were before unsuccessful in having …show more content…
Instead a king visits her room even after he has “gathered the first fruits of love.” (Alsihman) , or otherwise had sex with an unconscious woman. He then what is described by frequently visits the woman and on one visit is over joyed to see her awake with twins in her hands. How she woke up is that the splinter that caused her to fall asleep was stuck within her finger and then was sucked out by the children looking for nourishment waking her up. Another common trait in many variations is that the king is already married and has a queen that with anger of being cheated on commands a chef to cook the bastard children and feed them to her and her husband. In other variations, it is not the wife of the king but the mother of the prince who does the same thing for the sake of revenge. One feature that is interesting is that the name of “Sleeping Beauty” changes from Aurora, Talia, and Little Brier-Rose. In some versions, the marriage between the prince and Princess is kept secret from the public. Now with all of these variations from and high to low they are all connected and typically the purpose of all fairytales is that they all have purpose and an underlying …show more content…
In all versions of “Sleeping Beauty” there is some sort of opposition of for the relationship between her and the prince. Whether that opposition is a magical “Mistress of All Evil”(Sleeping Beauty) or if it is the mother of the prince, or even the king’s wife, all of them challenge and threaten the safety of “Sleeping Beauty.” As love conquers all “Sleeping Beauty” and the prince always overcome their troubles and true love conquers all. Another, maybe less noticeable moral is that you need to have courage and to be willing to go through trials to have true love. As always, the prince has to adventure into a dangerous area to find a princess to hopefully awaken and to make sure she is protected from all danger. To obtain true love you need to be willing to put yourself on the line to achieve that happiness. Although the version by Giambattista Basile is shadier with her giving birth while unconscious but it all still applies as they both have to overcome a crazed queen that tries to murder “Sleeping Beauty” and that the love they have in each other overcomes their trials. “Sleeping Beauty” is a great example to children that true love can and will help them overcome all their trials and this story will give many young girls hope that they will find their true