The Goose Girl Analysis
While fairy tales are usually considered children’s stories, they often contain messages or lessons that can be taught to any reader. “The Goose Girl” and “The Raven” are just a couple of examples where this is the case. This essay will cover a short synopsis of both tales along with the lesson and how that could be taught to today’s modern audience, more specifically today’s modern teen. “The Goose Girl” is the story of a young princess promised to marry a young prince. Pretty typical, right? Except in this story on the journey to the prince’s caste the princess’ lady-in-waiting refuses to serve the princess causing her to lose her royal status. The lady-in-waiting then claims herself to be the princess and forces the true princess to work
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“The Raven” tells the story of another young princess turned into a raven by her mother. The Raven finds a hero whom she gives tests to help her to back to human. The tests are to not eat or drink or sleep. Obviously he fails these tests because they are basic human necessities. However, the old woman who offers him help with all three of these things ends up giving the hero a couple items that will help him on his journey. Meanwhile, the Raven is back on her castle grounds waiting to be turned back to human. The hero is determined to help the Raven so he sets out on a journey to find her and turn her back some other way. He meets a giant who leads him to the castle and a three robbers who help him reach her. The hero then successfully changes her back from raven to human. The two marry and live happily ever after. The lessons in this story are ones of “self-restraint” and “perseverance” (page 586,588). This again is a very common lesson to be learned among today’s modern audience. The ideas that teens can take away from this is to not give up and understand that help can be offered from the most unlikely of places. It is important to realize that the world is not against them and with a little “self-restraint” and “perseverance” they will triumph in their
“The Raven” tells the story of another young princess turned into a raven by her mother. The Raven finds a hero whom she gives tests to help her to back to human. The tests are to not eat or drink or sleep. Obviously he fails these tests because they are basic human necessities. However, the old woman who offers him help with all three of these things ends up giving the hero a couple items that will help him on his journey. Meanwhile, the Raven is back on her castle grounds waiting to be turned back to human. The hero is determined to help the Raven so he sets out on a journey to find her and turn her back some other way. He meets a giant who leads him to the castle and a three robbers who help him reach her. The hero then successfully changes her back from raven to human. The two marry and live happily ever after. The lessons in this story are ones of “self-restraint” and “perseverance” (page 586,588). This again is a very common lesson to be learned among today’s modern audience. The ideas that teens can take away from this is to not give up and understand that help can be offered from the most unlikely of places. It is important to realize that the world is not against them and with a little “self-restraint” and “perseverance” they will triumph in their