After dinner entertainer
cleaned up folk tales for the polite ears of high society
Ancients v moderns} sources used = Vernacular
SLEEPING BEAUTY
- Fairy goddess of strife from Troy
- Ogre mother figure symbolising venus - cupid and psyche
CINDERELLA
- Universal story (Egypt 1st century BC = original)
- fairy godmother represents dead mother
RED RIDING HOOD
- young girls think they can get a rich old lord and get into cour by being provocatively dressed. Angela Carter - 'come and get me' red coat attracts wrong kind of attention, mother decking child out in risque clothing.
COMMON THEMES IN FAIRYTALES:
evil stepmother, good fairy, castle, objects that transform/that transform things eg wand, coach and rats etc
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