Modern Fairy Tales Essay

Imagine being told many childhood stories about princesses and princes. Going to the store and buying dresses to look like them and always asking your mom or dad to read the stories to you before bed. Now imagine reading the original stories of the modern ones you were told when you were little. With that being said the original fairy tales changed my perspective of the modern fairy tales for many reasons such as, the princesses being more gullible and dumb, the tone was more dark and deep, and finally, those who were bad were punished while those who were good have more privileges. The first reason the original versions altered my perception of the modern version was because the princesses were more dumb and gullible. For example in the original story, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, when the seven dwarfs sold Snow White’s body to the prince, he accidentally tripped on a tree stump which then lead to the apple she had eaten fly out of her mouth leading to her awakening. Immediately after that they were then married, this proves the point of being dumb by marrying an unknown man that you had no clue about, nonetheless she had just woken from a slumber. Another reason the original stories altered my perception of the modern versions is because in the story, “Little Mermaid” written by Hans Christian Andersen, Ariel had chosen to give her voice to the evil sea witch and also had agreed that whenever she took a step it would feel like