Fairy tales

than the Grimm Brother’s tale; it is a specific type, with multiple variations identified by Aarne-Thompson-Uther’s (ATU) classification system in tale type A955. Here, the ATU system is used for ease in locating similar tales, rather than a rigid adherence to ATU’s criteria, and is supplemented by Maria Tartar’s grouping of “Bluebeard,” “Fitcher’s Bird,” and “The Robber Bridegroom” variations in The Classic Fairy Tales. ATU has located two prominent variants of the tale: the aforementioned “The…

poems in this collection to find the feminist message in are “Cinderella” and “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Sexton takes these two timeless tales and picks out the ways in which they cause readers to condescend women. She does this deftly and magically in these poems and provokes deep thoughts on the ways women are portrayed in the original tales. Sexton does her best to take the focus of her poem “Cinderella” off of how ugly the step-sisters and move it to how black hearted and cold…

of my favorite childhood story flutter through my fingers, memories of fantastical worlds flood my mind. I begin to read aloud about the four children, sent away to a mysterious house and the wardrobe that transports them to a magical new land. The tale is just as enchanting as I recall, but this time through the story, the magic I appreciate most is not found in the pages of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Rather, I admire the magic light of my youngest brother’s eyes as his imagination…

Substitute Child Over time, fairy costumes have been used by children on the day of Halloween and while playing pretend. Children wanted to become fairies for a day; however, little do these children know that some fairies had the intent to become the children themselves. During the medieval times, a “Changeling”, they would call themselves, were fairies that wanted human attention and affection. The changeling would be put in place of a human child to act as if it were real human being. The…

always revealed men as the masculine and dominant ones. One can see the lack of power for women constantly appearing in literature, fiction, and entertainment. The inequality and anti-feminism for women can even be found in children’s fairy tales. One specific fairy tale, “Rapunzel” by the Grimm Brothers starts off portraying anti-feminism against women which then takes a complete…

Fairy tales are a wonderful thing for many young children all over the world. They can teach life lessons that everyone should know as they grow to become part of society. Fairy tales also teach children the wrong way of living, causing them to expect the wrong things in life. Fairy tales show that the lower class is so desperate to find happiness that they will destroy themselves in the process of finding it. Some fairy tales that show this lesson are The Snow Man by Hans Christian Anderson,…

them. For ages we thought we knew these wonderful, bright and happy fairy tales, but they were a lot darker than they appear to be today. In the original story of Cinderella, or the original title The Little Glass Slipper, a widowed prince had a daughter and named her Zezolla, who is tended by a beloved governess. The governess with Zezolla’s help persuade the prince to marry her. The Grimm Brothers wrote most of the fairy tales we know too, but very different from the magical stories we…

In Grimm’s Fairy Tales, one of the most obvious aspects reproduce in fairy tales is masculinity which then triggers gender inequality. Gender equality is very important in a society because it allows for people no matter what gender to have access to the same rights as each other. Majority of Grimm’s’ fairy tales contain male characters which are heroes with characteristics of being strong, intelligent, handsome, hardworking and brave; which help the females defeat the villain. For instance in…

According to the Grimms Brothers version of Cinderella, one can conclude that people have to earn their place in society. Throughout many of the classic fairy tales, the main characters have to endure hardship and suffering before they are fully happy and are not in a state of worrying. Specifically for Cinderella, she has to cater to her step-mother and step-sisters. “Every day she got up before daybreak to carry water, start the fire, cook, and wash” (117). Cinderella had to do everything…

“Cinderella” is a fairy tale from the Grimm brothers with a different twist that of the Disney version. Although there are many different versions in every culture, the Grimm brothers Germany version has some horrific events that occur. The Grimm’s fairytales are from many years ago that were meant to entertain adults, and they all have hidden messages that are not evident. In the Disney version “Cinderella” is a rags to riches fairy tale of an abused young girl who, with the help of her fairy…