An Examination Of The Fairy Tale In Literature
They have been with us since were old enough to be read to or told a story. When we were young they brought us entertainment and often instilled within us the foundations of what would later become the structures of our morals and character. They are fairy tales and though it may be implied that we are meant to grow out of them, many people find it comforting to return to them throughout their lives. Many of the great authors of our time and the past have found fairy tales to be a great source of material. Their views on fairy tales can be contradicting, however, with many of them expressing a disillusionment with the typical “fairy tale” ending and at the same time latching to these stories for the comfort they found in their childhood. A few authors have even taken to writing their own, modern fairy tales. Anne Sexton’s Transformations, the novels of Gregory Maguire, and the short stories of Neil Gaiman all express the modern writer’s disillusionment with happy......
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