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Summary Of Let It Go Making Peace With Princesses By Annie Pfeifer

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The argument of Annie Pfeifer and her article “Let It Go: Making Peace With Princesses” describes the importance of many stories for fairy tales. Pfeifer explains her claim that different stories in fairy tales are important by using pathos, ethos, and her own personal stories. Pfeifer exclaims “In it, little Gerda journeys to the ends of the earth to save her best friend, Kai...Without the help of any man, the fiercely independent and eloquent Gerda manages to persuade both robbers and ravens to assist her quest. In ‘Frozen,’ Anna’s plot to find her sister Elsa is set in motion by her overdetermined, chocolate-fueled boy-craziness and depends on men to be executed.” This quote shows Pfeifer using pathos by suggesting Gerda to be “independent and eloquent” meaning she was able to venture alone and confidently while also having the ability to fluently and expressively persuade different people. …show more content…

Accordingly , Pfeifer uses ethos in her article, she states “Halloween is complicated when you teach fairy tales for a living, and it’s no easier being the daughter of a professor than being the mother of a princess. I try to help my students see fairy tales as living narratives that underwent countless changes as they were told, written down and eventually adapted for the screen.” She states that she is a professor and she explains that she helps her students with fairy tale literature. This give Pfeifer more credibility because she is more educated in this field of literature. Lastly, Pfeifer adds her own personal stories to create an engaging

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