In this new version of the fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty, the focus is placed all on the three fairies that are supposed to be good and wholesome, and give Sleeping Beauty the typical gifts. However, in this tale, there is a fairy that goes awry, which changes the theme and basis of the story quite radically, but some of the conventions stay the same. In this tale, there is not necessarily a hard line between the good and the bad characters, the level of importance for each character changes, the morals change drastically and possibly become unclear, but a lot of the conventions are left relatively the same. In this version of Sleeping Beauty, the main characters are not wholly good or bad from the beginning. In both the Brothers Grimm original
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Pretty much up until the last paragraph in the tale, the assumed theme/morals are that one’s materialistic possessions are quite unimportant when it comes to saving the life of another, and you will ultimately be rewarded for your selflessness – a karmic moral similar to that in the original tale of The Little Mermaid. However, once the reader encounters the last paragraph, there is a very sudden change in the message. It goes from a relatively simple message reminding people that there are more important things than your worldly possessions to something a lot deeper. It more so becomes a commentary on karma – no matter what one does, even if they think it is the right thing, it may not be and that is not something we can tell until future events. So even though Flora and Fauna were able to save the Princess from her eternal sleep, they have ultimately created something that could become much worse than just one Princess sleeping forever. This is unfortunate, but it happens in everyday life all the time. No one knows what the right choice is until after they have already made one. While a lot has been changed in this tale, there are quite a few elements that remained in the tale from the original Sleeping Beauty tales. This tale kept the same wording to open the tale, although it changed the phrase to end the story. There are still good characters and bad characters, even though the specific characters may have changed. There is also, of course, still royalty and magic in it in essentially the same form as the original tales. In most of these cases, the general elements remain, they have just been altered to fit the path of the new
Pretty much up until the last paragraph in the tale, the assumed theme/morals are that one’s materialistic possessions are quite unimportant when it comes to saving the life of another, and you will ultimately be rewarded for your selflessness – a karmic moral similar to that in the original tale of The Little Mermaid. However, once the reader encounters the last paragraph, there is a very sudden change in the message. It goes from a relatively simple message reminding people that there are more important things than your worldly possessions to something a lot deeper. It more so becomes a commentary on karma – no matter what one does, even if they think it is the right thing, it may not be and that is not something we can tell until future events. So even though Flora and Fauna were able to save the Princess from her eternal sleep, they have ultimately created something that could become much worse than just one Princess sleeping forever. This is unfortunate, but it happens in everyday life all the time. No one knows what the right choice is until after they have already made one. While a lot has been changed in this tale, there are quite a few elements that remained in the tale from the original Sleeping Beauty tales. This tale kept the same wording to open the tale, although it changed the phrase to end the story. There are still good characters and bad characters, even though the specific characters may have changed. There is also, of course, still royalty and magic in it in essentially the same form as the original tales. In most of these cases, the general elements remain, they have just been altered to fit the path of the new