II. Women's Dependency on Men in a Patriarchal Society Introduction A first major theme the fairy tales of Cinderella and Snow White readily support for the female archetype is that of their dependency on men. Although the main character of these tales is a woman, it is clear that the men always appear as the hero. In Brothers Grimm there is simply a scarcity of heroine. Maureen Thum articulates this deficiency well by stating: "The active heroine who sets out alone, and who depends
quintessential storybook fable, readers expect there to be a happy ending that leaves them feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. This can often translate into a person’s real life, that constant search for their own fairy tale ending. In the poem “Cinderella” by Anne Sexton, the Brothers Grimm version of the classic fairy tale is retold with the mindset that living happily ever after is not achievable at all, unlike what mainstream fairy tales want us to believe. What I propose the persona is hinting towards
The children’s stories of Cinderella, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Haroun and the Sea of Stories support the concepts that while happy endings are rare, they are realistic outcomes. Each story aims to tell children that they should work for their own happiness because everything they need or desire will not fall into their laps. The fairy tale-type of Cinderella and the children’s novels by Rushdie and Dahl inoculate children from recognizing the realities of their existence through idealistic