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first fairy tales that I remember is Little Red Riding Hood. The first version of this fairy tale was written in 1697… however since then the story has been retold many times with each author using different plots, settings, themes, characters and techniques to retell the in a different way to the original. Little Red Riding Hood is about a beautiful yet innocent girl who meets a wolf in the forest. The wolf deceives the little girl – red riding hood – into giving him information about herself…

Fairy tales have historically played an important role in many different cultures. From Aesop’s fables to Mother Goose’s rhymes, the idea of using stories to pass on knowledge and ideas, and to comment on culture, has spanned through the ages. With the exception of the tragic ending, the story Ethan Frome is like a fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm because it has a hidden moral and it uses a story to reflect and discuss the culture of the time period in which it was written. The Brothers Grimm…

Perrault’s version of the same fairy tale, ‘Cinderella; or The Glass Slipper’, provides an interesting contrast to Basile’s version. There is also a shift in conceptions of the child and childlike. Whereas for Basile, children and adults were not seen as different, for Perrault, this was beginning to change during the latter half of the seventeenth century. Children came to be seen as pure, innocent and in need of guidance whilst the fairy tale came to be seen as ‘childlike’ and unsophisticated…

Fairy tales play a huge part of many part of many kids childhoods.When most people imagine fairytales, they will imagine a princess that needs saving or a princess finding love with a prince.The tales almost always have an happy ending. Most fairy tales convey a moral or lesson for example,in the story of Cinderella the moral is supposed to be to fight for what you want with a hard work and a good heart. But what if these fairytales are not at all what you thought they were? Fairy tales are…

The fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood reveals the drastic transition of a female from childhood into adulthood. The chronicle of Little Red Riding Hood through the woods represents the journey of the innocent and naive child, losing her virginity and becoming an adult. Little Red Riding Hood’s encounter with the wolf in the forest relays the reality of entering adulthood by reaching sexual maturity, which is marked by the lost of virginity. Both Perrault and the Grimm Brothers explored the…

During an individual’s childhood, everyone must have heard of numerous fairy tales such as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Peter Pan and etc. A number of fairy tales have a particular message to the audience, such as Hansel and Gretel taught children not wander around, yet we listened to the stories we were told and never questioned them. As we got older and read the stories again, we can perceive that certain fairy tales can illustrate negative messages. One of the pessimistic influences of…

Legends: Red Riding Hood Slot, this game marks the very first entry into the Fairytale Legends series and by looks of things it is setting an impressive benchmark for what is to come. Unveiled through a video preview, here is what we know about the game so far. Many players will certainly have fond memories of the fairytales they were told during childhood, with NetEnt now bringing these famous stories to life. Fairytale Legends: Red Riding Hood Slot puts famed protagonist Red Riding Hood in…

“St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,” by Karen Russell, is a short fiction story that was published in 2006. It depicts these young girls and their struggles of transitioning from two different life styles. These girls were raised by wolves in the woods and overtime they inhibit the style of living like wolves. They were unfamiliar with the human ways, until they were forced to go to a place that changes them. St. Lucy’s Home was a place for girls raised by wolves. It consisted of nuns,…

Little Red Riding Hood Revisited by Russell Baker In an effort to make the classics accessible to contemporary readers, I am translating them into the modern American language. Here is the translation of the Little Red Riding Hood: Once upon a point in time, a small person named Little Red Riding Hood initiated plans for the preparation, delivery, and transportation of foodstuffs to her grandmother, a senior citizen residing at a place of residence in a wooded area of indeterminate…

Most people have read or heard of the stories of Cinderella or saw a movie of the traditional princess story which always seems to have the same cliché “happily ever after ending.” In the poem “Cinderella,” written by Anne Sexton, she switches up the old-fashioned mythical story by adding in a touch of mockery and telling the story with her sense of reality. Sexton’s sarcastic tone being used in the poem causes the readers to identify and get a sense of the message the version of her story gives…