Fairy Tales Unit 4 Analysis

I have chosen unit 4 to discuss the major points to show the most important concepts advance in this class. In unit 4 we learn about fairy tales, stories where characters face many challenges and use magic to achieve a lifestyle of their dreams.(Unit 4 Notes) Fairy tales originated in the 17th century in France.(Unit 4 Notes) These story plots used the feudalism terms of their time.(Unit 4 Notes) Back then people were split into groups based on money and power; peasants, clergy, or nobility.(Unit 4 Notes) Without these groups, most fairy tales would not exist. This is important because most fights were a result of the differences between these groups.

In unit 4 we were asked to answer a few questions about different fairy tale stories

that were a part of our reading assignment. Each fairy tale has valuable lessons to learn about. When learning about fairy tales we learned about original fairy tales as well as fairy tales that had been altered or changed for movies, for example, Beauty and the Beast.

One of the important parts of this unit was to notice the differences and similarities between original stories and a story that is based on the original but is altered in some way. In noticing the differences we are able to see why certain things were changed. Sometimes it’s because of the audience they are targeting or because it doesn’t play as well in a movie as it does in a story. Each fairy tale has its own lesson to learn.

Another major point is to notice that fairy tales and folk tales have a lesson to learn by the end, but that the lesson is different. In Disney movies, the lesson is about yourself. It’s about believing in yourself and in your dreams. If you take Cinderella, it teaches you to never stop believing in yourself. Rapunzel, teaches you to keep dreaming and know that your dreams one day will come true. In stories like, Antelope Woman: An Apache Folktale, the lesson is to teach children about respect, not only of themselves but also everything around them.