Do Fairy Tales Reinforce Stereotypes
In what extent do you agree that fairytales reinforce stereotypes?
Every child in the world grows up with fairytales. Fairytales are part of culture and everyday life. In fairytales, there are good and evil, beautiful and ugly, strong and weak, powerful and weak, and they always have happy ends. Mostly good people are beautiful and bad people are ugly. Fairytales are used to teach children morals and some principles. In my opinion, however, they usually reinforce stereotypes like the death of mothers, wicked stepmothers, prevalence of good over evil and a happy conclusion. Mostly mothers and brothers die in fairy tales. The deaths of fathers and daughters are less likely (Atwood, 1998, p.31). The death of a mother is a common event in
Every child in the world grows up with fairytales. Fairytales are part of culture and everyday life. In fairytales, there are good and evil, beautiful and ugly, strong and weak, powerful and weak, and they always have happy ends. Mostly good people are beautiful and bad people are ugly. Fairytales are used to teach children morals and some principles. In my opinion, however, they usually reinforce stereotypes like the death of mothers, wicked stepmothers, prevalence of good over evil and a happy conclusion. Mostly mothers and brothers die in fairy tales. The deaths of fathers and daughters are less likely (Atwood, 1998, p.31). The death of a mother is a common event in