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    Maria Tatar’s new point of view on the famous old tales is that fairy tales served as a window into the world of grown-ups‚ providing a safe perch from which to explore children anxieties. In order to teach children to be good‚ but first we have to show them what’s bad. By adding some of the lurid staff‚ such as brutally violent‚ wicked stepmother‚ and wife-killing baron into the fairy tales to show the negative side. With parents appropriate explanations and their own cultural translations will

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    In the article‚ “ Fairy Tales and Gender Stereotypes”‚ by Samara Green‚ it talks about how fairy tales don’t make it that great for children especially young girls because the princess always waits for the “hero” to show up and save her making it look like they can’t do anything. It’s a bad influence on young girls because they should know that they can do things on their own too and not just rely on the men. This is just one of many types of stereotypes that many people “use”. Just recently‚

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    ABC Fairy Tale: Tarzan As the baby cried‚ the lonely gorilla‚ Kala‚ came to the rescue. Behind the covers‚ a baby boy was discovered. Cradled in Kala’s arms‚ the baby fussed as the jaguar Sabor appeared. Desperate to get away‚ she jumped in the boat for safety; and‚ took her new discovery to her family. Even though Kerchak didn’t want Kala to keep the baby‚ she raised Tarzan as her own. For years‚ Tarzan tried to get Kerchak’s approval. “GRRRR”‚ growled Sabor as he came out of nowhere; Tarzan

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    collection of stories passed down from generation to generation that include Legends‚ Myths‚ and Fairy Tales. Legends are a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated. Myths are a traditional story‚ especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon‚ and typically involving supernatural beings or events. Fairy Tales are a children’s story about magical and imaginary beings and lands. “What culture and beliefs

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    are actually nice‚ but seem mean due to rumors other people have made up. We don’t ever think about what happens “behind the scenes” owing to the fact that society has already given us an image of what happens. Even Samara Green‚ the author of “Fairy Tales and Gender Stereotypes”‚ said “Maybe it’s because of the books and movies we grow up learning from and the characters we idolize.” There are numerous movies out there that show the dumb jock and mean girl stereotype such as “Mean Girls” and “Clueless

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    Kind actions to others can be rewarded‚ but selfish and unkind actions to others may be punished. People’s actions may come back at them in the future. The fairy tales used are “The Golden Goose” and “Cinderella”. All of the actions people perform to society and others have consequences. People’s actions describe how someone is as a person. Cinderella’s father married another woman who brought with 2 step daughters with her. “So they took off her fine clothes‚ and put upon her an od grey cloak

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    evolutionary psychologists will tell you that‚ statistically‚ step-parents are far more dangerous than birth moms and dads. It’s called the Cinderella effect — a nod to the unsavoury acknowledgment that the evil step-parent is not just a character in fairy tales. Step-parents beat children under five to death at per capita rates more than 120 times higher than do genetic parents‚ according to an analysis of Canadian homicide data from 1974 to 1990. And overall‚ step-parents abuse and kill kids at

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    talking‚ fairy tales‚ according to Wikipedia‚ “…a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters (such as fairies‚ goblins‚ elves‚ trolls‚ witches‚ giants and talking animals) and enchantments‚ often involving a far-fetched sequence of events… ”‚ are common encountered joys for children in life and the target of fairy tales is mostly young children‚ but when these fairy tales are told to them‚ are the influences of these questioned? There are researches on the effects of fairy tales and there

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    Have you ever wondered why your parents read you fairy tales to you as a child? Fairy tales are most certainly suitable for children. My main reasons to support this argument are‚ they let a child’s imagination run free‚ they teach children life lessons in an entertaining way and they require the child to see beyond the story to the true meaning of the fairy tale. My first argument is that fairy tales let a child’s imagination run free. This is true‚ as young children need to be able to project

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    Many children grow up with fairy tales at their fingertips‚ and these fairy tales aid the development of the child. The lessons that children take away from these fairy tales consciously and subconsciously change the way that children view certain circumstances. In “Fairy Tales and a Dose of Reality‚” Catherine Orenstein states that the presence of fairy tales has resulted in an indistinct view of reality. Orenstein considers the television shows and movies that portray love at first sight and what

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