Fairy Tales and Their Relevance: A Synopsis on Violence Against Women (original) (raw)

Fairy tales and folk tales alike were popularized in the seventeenth century as a means of educating children on the prominence of moral nobility and discipline through the embodiment of fantasy and magical enchantment. Presently, literary scholars are attempting to understand if the moral underlying's and lessons of fairy tales are still relevant and valuable to children born in the new millennium. Little Red Cap (1812) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and Bluebeard (1697) by Charles Perrault are both quintessential tales of the early seventeenth to mid-eighteenth century. By examining these particular tales through a feminist lens, one can conclude that the some of the earliest children's literature remains significant to the modern era, as the tales can be interpreted as illustrations of the quintessential issue of violence against women.