Trickster In The Tortoise And The Hare

Tricky Tricksters Childhood stories stick in our memories like honey on Winnie the Pooh’s fingers. Phrases such as “slow and steady wins the race” are applicable to everyday life. The tortoise in The Tortoise and the Hare ends up winning the race because of his trickery over the hare. Tales like trickster stories often portray cultural explanations of nature’s wonders. In doing so, tricksters obtain unique characteristics, bold purposes, and evolve overtime.
Trickster characters often represent both wise and heroic characteristics in his actions throughout the story. They frequently are of less authority in their community and learn to use their wisdom to their advantage. “Trickster figures, present in every oral tradition, are weak often
There have been tricksters in everyday life around the world for a very long time. “The Trickster myth is found . . . among the ancient Greeks, the Chinese, the Japanese and in the Semitic world. Many of the Trickster's traits were perpetuated in the . . . mediaeval jester, and have survived” (Moffett). For example, Robin Hood is a trickster in the mediaeval era because he does not just fight his opponents, but mocks them while doing so. His movie and character has been displayed and renovated even in today’s society. Overtime some of these myths explained in the stories become obviously false because advances in science and knowledge on creation. “Trickster tales are apt to develop and evolve when differing societies interact” (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica). Possible reasons for these occurrences are revolutions or cultural conflicts that result in shared beliefs. “Trickster keeps changing shape and experimenting with a thousand identities, including shifts in sex, in a seemingly never-ending search for himself” (Moffett). As a result, tricksters continue to change over time as they are still searching for their