Beauty and the Beast by Madame Le Prince De Beaumont, Little Mermaid by Andersen and Cinderella by Perrault

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Young girls are often stuck in a world of make believe, they are fed fairytales, dream up unimaginable views of reality and believe everyone will find their prince charming. This unrealistic perspective is formed through their experiences with different fairytales. As G.K. Chesterton tells the fairytale are a realistic world for children, “Fairy tales are more than true — not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten”. Fairytales lead these girls to believe that in order to find true love there is some sort of intense journey one must go on. This idea of a journey for love has created a specific ideology for what love is and how to achieve it. In the text Beauty and the Beast by Madame Le Prince De Beaumont, Little Mermaid by Andersen and Cinderella by Perrault the authors all deal with the same plot on how love is achieved. The direct correlation between the three fairytales analyzed will prove that there is a sacrificial journey needed to find true love and this mystical journey is mostly targeted at young girls because they are the most easily influence. Three main plots connect each fairytale; self-sacrifice, family sacrifice, and identity sacrifice. Self-sacrifice will be proven through what the characters sacrifice themselves Family sacrifice shows how the characters sacrifice those whom they love for a better life. Finally, happily ever after will prove that no matter the hardships these characters are faced identity sacrifice will show how the characters loose who they are in order to find true love. The specific focus on young girls will show how these plot settings are targeted to influence their innocent minds. The main correlation of these fairytales can be proven in plot co...

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Kingsley , Heather . "Fairy Tale Analysis the little Mermaid." Humanities 360. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2013. .
LePrince de Beaumont, Jeanne-Marie. "Beauty and the Beast." University of Pittsburg . N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. .
Neikirk, Alice. "Happily Ever After (Or What Fairytales Teach Girls About Being Women)." University of Hawaii . N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2013. .
Perrault, Charles. "Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper." University of Pittsburg. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2013. .

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