Have you ever noticed that fairy tales are really inappropriate for kids?
I mean, really. They are violent and scary!
Beauty and the Beast, for example.
Love the story, it's a wonderful fairy tale, but the Beast pretty much dies before the happily ever after! Plus, the dad gets taken and held hostage. Belle gets attacked by wolves (and the wolves wound the Beast!). Not to mention she walks alone in the scary darkness inside the Beast's mansion.
Take Cinderella:
The classic love story - the ending is every girl's dream. But, child abuse much? The girl is forced to clean the house for the evil step mother and do all the dirty work for no money whatsoever, and I'll bet she's still a minor!
Oh, and The Little Mermaid?
Again, I love the story, the Little Mermaid is one of my favorites. But Ursula is a scary witch! Also, it is a violent story: many people get injured, including Ursula (She gets stabbed! Violence!). Ariel deals with a lot of peer pressure and bad influence - her sisters are all perfect, and she's the black sheep of the family, Ursula makes her believe she has to be something other than herself to be worth anything, and it's just a bad situation all around. Also, there's a lot of cattiness and jealousy when Ursula transforms herself into a beautiful girl, steals (<--hello, not good!) Ariel's voice, and puts the prince under a spell so he'll love her.
How are fairytales so morbid? There are many that are much, much, much worse, but I will not post them for fear of upsetting the public!
I mean really, people, what's up with THAT?
I think it's to prepare the youngsters for real life! I mean, JUST the other day someone stole my voice to go up to my crush and start singing!
ReplyDeleteBut I don't know about getting attacked by wolves...
Maybe it's to make them realize: WOLVES ARE SCARY! AND STAY THE F*** AWAY FROM THEM!