Throughout history, many traditional fairy tales have been told, but in the majority of them, males have repeatedly been the heroes who saves the female protagonists in most cases, whether they are of royalty blood or not. Two well-known, traditional fairy tales that demonstrates this exceptionally well are the fairy tales titled, Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood. In Snow White, Snow White is poisoned by the poisonous apple, which her evil stepmother gave her. By excluding the prince out of the story, Snow White never would have woken up, as it had to be ‘a true love’s kiss’ to wake her up from her deep-death-like sleep. On the other hand, in the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood, a woodsman who had been chopping up wood in the forest
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Nevertheless, the woodsman did not have royal blood running through his veins, however, he was still the saviour in the end. With many fairy tales, the lead male character also falls for the true princess almost every single time. In Cinderella, Prince Charming had a wide variety of women to choose from to be his wife, yet he ‘coincidentally,’ falls for one girl in particular – Cinderella. This just comes to show that no matter what, the males are always going to end up with whom he belongs with. These few examples of fairy tales, already, demonstrates how at the end of the day, males would always be stereotyped as the heroes, whether they are from a royal family or not, and how males would always be able to identify the true princess in every situation, no matter how unpleasant they may look on the …show more content…
The female protagonists, most of the time, are almost always stereotyped as perfect, but vulnerable. Not only are they beautiful in appearance, but they also always have an attractive voice that is very harmonious indeed. A few female protagonists like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White are described in different wordings, but always have the same meaning. Cinderella is described as, “Unparalleled goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world.” Little Red Riding Hood is, “The prettiest creature who was ever seen,” and Snow White being portrayed as, “Beautiful as the day, and more beautiful than the queen herself.” (http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/). As seen, the main female character of a fairy tale would always be the fairest of them all. No flaws are described, but despite their beauty, they continuously position themselves in dangerous, complicated situations, only the opposite genders can seek out a solution. Of all the many different fairy tales told, there is not one fairy tale that I can recall where there is a gender-role swap, so that the males are the vulnerable ones, whereas the females are the heroes. Female protagonists would forever be stereotyped as attractive and vulnerable, no matter what. → Although many fairy tale females are the definition of
Nevertheless, the woodsman did not have royal blood running through his veins, however, he was still the saviour in the end. With many fairy tales, the lead male character also falls for the true princess almost every single time. In Cinderella, Prince Charming had a wide variety of women to choose from to be his wife, yet he ‘coincidentally,’ falls for one girl in particular – Cinderella. This just comes to show that no matter what, the males are always going to end up with whom he belongs with. These few examples of fairy tales, already, demonstrates how at the end of the day, males would always be stereotyped as the heroes, whether they are from a royal family or not, and how males would always be able to identify the true princess in every situation, no matter how unpleasant they may look on the …show more content…
The female protagonists, most of the time, are almost always stereotyped as perfect, but vulnerable. Not only are they beautiful in appearance, but they also always have an attractive voice that is very harmonious indeed. A few female protagonists like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White are described in different wordings, but always have the same meaning. Cinderella is described as, “Unparalleled goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world.” Little Red Riding Hood is, “The prettiest creature who was ever seen,” and Snow White being portrayed as, “Beautiful as the day, and more beautiful than the queen herself.” (http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/). As seen, the main female character of a fairy tale would always be the fairest of them all. No flaws are described, but despite their beauty, they continuously position themselves in dangerous, complicated situations, only the opposite genders can seek out a solution. Of all the many different fairy tales told, there is not one fairy tale that I can recall where there is a gender-role swap, so that the males are the vulnerable ones, whereas the females are the heroes. Female protagonists would forever be stereotyped as attractive and vulnerable, no matter what. → Although many fairy tale females are the definition of