Fairy Tales

Is anyone else looking at this in their review? The stories in The Bloody Chamber turn traditional gender roles or expectations upside down and many feature strong female protagonists. I’m not sure if my essay would still be a “review” if I focused solely on this issue (actually what I’m writing about is the undermining of [...]

I found the readings on race and empire particularly relevant for my topic, and I was wondering if anyone else is looking at something similar. I plan on writing on the economic motives and effects of British imperial expansion, as they relate to “The Prince’s Dream,” which condemns Gold and the pursuit of it as [...]

It looks like I am the only one so far planning to write about “Little Red Cap.” I found the interactions between the characters really interesting. Little Red Cap, her grandmother, and the wolf can be interpreted as belonging to an imagined social community, in the same way that Anderson defines the nation as “an [...]

I’m thinking about choosing one of the Catskin/Donkeyskin tales for my essay, because they deviate so far from the Cinderella we are familiar with. I found it interesting (and unfair!) that in them, the father is forgiven for his incestuous desires, and even, in the case of The Princess in the Suit of Leather absolved [...]