The Moral Value of Fairy Tales

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Fairy Tales As a son to a mother who is in love with fairy tales, I know a little about them. Everyone has heard of the common stories such as Cinderella and Hansel & Gretel. But these are your common bedtime stories. There’s other versions of these stories known as, Grimm’s Fairy Tales. They’re far more interesting and less childish in my opinion. They also have a very interesting background and development story behind them. The reason why I’m writing this is because as humans we love to tell stories. Fairy Tales are among the top told stories of them all. They are happy stories that we as humans and/or children have fed off of for years. Without these stories we wouldn't have many of the TV shows, movies and even music that we love today! When I search up something, unless it tells me in bold print, word for word, I have much difficulty finding information. It’s not that I don't know how to search for information, it's just the way they word it, it looks like Chinese to me. Also, just finding a website that offers information that I need seems impossible. When filling out the chart for fairy tales, I went to the website, Britannica Online Resource and also Gale and tried to an article in which had background info on fairy tales, but it gave me barely any info! I had to search other websites to find another website. It was almost the equivalent feeling of pulling teeth. While reading my story and attempting to find the elements, I searched and searched the page for info. I looked for info such as archetypal elements, and I had no idea where to find those in the story. So I had to look up the definition of archetypes and how to find them to then try to find them in the essay. I came across the same di... ... middle of paper ... ...tories are different in some ways and similar in others but it mainly comes down to the author has to change them up because one is visual and the other is read. Books and movies call for different story plot formats, visual aids or word changes and etc. What I like about this genre is that it is lighthearted and contains moral value for children. I also like some of the comedy and romance that goes along with most of the stories. I dislike the monotony of fairy tales though because in a way they seem to reuse the same structures and story lines. These fairy tales are important because they teach kids of young age a moral and ethical code to follow such as with Grimm Brothers version of Red Riding Hood, it teaches to not take advice from children. I think that kids need that support because they're more likely to listen to a story than their parents or teachers.

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