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A fairy tale is a brief and short narrative associated with folkloric characters which comprise mainly fairies, magic and enchantments. Basically fairy tales are based on fairy tale endings that is happy endings or romantic endings. The happy or lets say the unusual happy endings are/is the main bait for the audience to fetch. Why do I call them unusual you may ask? Because in the process they create a lot of suspense and anxiety or anticipation  to the audience but also these expectations might end up not being fulfilled in the real world as their might not be a prince charming to sweep one of the feet  which leads to great disappointment.

Charles Perraults, 1697, in his book Cinderella or the glass slipper (in French; Cendrillon ou La petite Pantoufle de Verre)   creates a vivid picture to the audience by showing that the main character who is Cinderella to be in an abusive and poor/sorry state before being married by the prince. He states, that the step mother employed her in the meanest work of the house. She scoured the dishes, tables, etc.  This is the same situation that young girls face seeing themselves in a sorry state hence the author depicted a true and real aspect in the real world which truly captures the audience. In the end the abused young girl in this case Cinderella ended up with a true loving and charming prince with the help of her godmother and use of magic she becomes the beautiful looking princess to the prince. Perraults (1697), exemplifies that, her godmother then touched her with her wand, and, at the same instant, her clothes turned into cloth of gold and silver, all beset with jewels. This done, she gave her a pair of glass slippers, the prettiest in the whole world. When they meet eye to eye with the prince they end up falling in love on first sight. This is basically a lust/attraction based on physical appearance rather than true love which is much deeper.

 

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The Sleeping Beauty(La Belle au bois) by Charles Perraults, 1955is a folklore that is based on the same aspect of love at first sight. The princess having fallen into a deep sleep as proclaimed by the angel in the ‘kingdom of Mataquin’ was to only be awoken from the deep sleep by a charming prince that had been reserved for her. In this case the plot of the story is directed in a way that the princess will meet her prince charming to sweep her off her feet in this case her deep sleep. Perraults, 1955 states thatthe old peasant after many years tells the prince; ‘My prince, for more than fifty years I have kept the story.. There is in that castle a princess and that she would be awakened by the son of a King, for whom she was reserved’. When the prince meets the sleeping beauty she suddenly awakes from her deep sleep and they fall madly in love Perraults(1955) reiterates that, he did not know how to testify of his joy and his recognition of  her; he assured her that: ‘He loved her more than he loved himself…but that made them all pleasing not much more eloquence but lots of love.’ They end up getting married and blessed with two children Dawn and Day.

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs(1986) applies the same plot as that of  Cinderella by Charles Perraults. As in this case Snow White is mistreated by her step mother who was the queen who was jealous of her beauty and eventually plans and succeeds in poisoning her. Later the plot is maneuvered in away that the prince ends up meeting the seven dwarfs and ultimately falls in love  with the the 'dead body’ of  Snow White. Grimm et al, 1986 states that the prince said; ‘Then gives it to me, for I cannot live without being able to see Snow-White. I will honor her and respect her as my most cherished one.’ When they stumble when carrying the coffin and eventually snow white is revived back to life they immediately fall deeply in love on first sight. Grimm et al, 1986 states ‘The prince said joyfully, "You are with me." He told her what had happened, and then said, "I love you more than anything else in the world.

Come with me to my father's castle. You shall become my wife." Snow-White loved him, and she went with him. Their wedding was planned with great splendor and majesty. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Rapunzel first edition, 1812, t create a theme which is quite and closely related to the plot of Snow White in that the prince falls in love with Rapunzel when he hears her singing without even seeing her. Grimm et al, (1812) states, ‘He saw the beautiful Rapunzel standing at her window, heard her sing with her sweet voice, and fell in love with her.’  The author states that when the prince went in search of the prince he became blind due to him falling down from the house of Rapunzela. This captures the mind of the audience in that it shows that their ‘prince charming’ will work tooth and nail till he comes to them.

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Later the prince finds her beholded princess ansd suddenly she notices him and runs to him and hugs him tight the author hear shows the aspect of true and romantic love that exists on first sight. Even to add honey to the bread the prince miraculously heals the prince from his blindness through her tears. Surely it shows that this relationship was meant to be. After a few days they eventually get married and live happily ever after.. They fall madly in love even without knowing each other that much although in this tale Grimm et al  ,1812 showed that the perfect couple knew each other for a few days. The only funny or lucky thing is how the prince in his blindness is able still to locate Rapunzel in the wilderness which is hard for a blind man to locate someone else and also the scariness of the wilderness and the danger is not put into context.

In conclusion all the fairy tales are seen to have one theme and motive which is a fairy tale ending of happily ever after and true love at first sight which is not the true case in the current society. “On the contrary love comes softly” and not in a flash or at first sight as the folklore disposes. In real sense love comes deep from the heart and not from the looks as its hard to stay with someone or even love someone for just their looks. As true love is more than just the outward looks. What counts the most is the graciousness and the context of the character because what if the looks fade away then the love will no longer be there that’s why true love is hard to find to many.