Gender Stereotypes In Fairy Tales
. As for instance in the fairy tales, passivity is the most valued and honored attribute a woman can possess in life. It is not the female who can save herself from harm or an undesirable situation; it is the male that must save her.
Fairy tales have portrayed woman in different aspects: admirable and abominable. The underlying messages in these stories convey the praise and adulation of beauty not only externally but also internally (Nanda, 2014). Through both tales Cinderella’s beauty is commonly knowing and spoken throughout the entire tale. Cinderella is told to be “a young daughter, but of unparalleled sweetness of temper” (Perreault 16) she is viewed above all else in Perreault’s tale the Little Glass Slipper as she could not be anymore
Fairy tales have portrayed woman in different aspects: admirable and abominable. The underlying messages in these stories convey the praise and adulation of beauty not only externally but also internally (Nanda, 2014). Through both tales Cinderella’s beauty is commonly knowing and spoken throughout the entire tale. Cinderella is told to be “a young daughter, but of unparalleled sweetness of temper” (Perreault 16) she is viewed above all else in Perreault’s tale the Little Glass Slipper as she could not be anymore