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... I also believe that the way women are portrayed in fairy tales is not how they are in real life. ... We are just as strong and ambitious as men, although in fairy tales we can’t do most things for ourselves. ... For example, in the fairy tale “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” and in “Beauty and the Beast, both women are pretty, are not ill-tempered. Of all fairy tales that I’ve ever heard, they have the same type of women, and the same perfection as they next one.
The idea that marriage is the end to a relationship is completely false, and fairy tales describe it inaccurately. ... If we want to know what goes on in their heads, not all of the thoughts of course, we must analyze the fairy tales and break everything down. ... Yes, these do have some influence on children’s minds, but everything a child does is not because they read in a fairy tale. ... Lieberman is pretty accurate when she says that million of women have formed their self-concepts in part from their fairy tales. Fairy tales are a way for children to escape reality, and go to a place where there are good things going on. ...
There has to be some kind of storyline in a fairy tale. ... She gave so many examples of various fairy tales, that I was forced to analyze them, and come to the same conclusion that she did.
Approximate Word count = 1131
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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