At the heart of many fairytales is a journey from innocence to experience. Discuss this statement with reference to a selection of fairytales of your choice.
Fairy tales are always remembered as the story where everyone lived happily ever after, but, to get to that happily ever after, the protagonist must complete a journey. This journey is one where they begin as an innocent person or are innocent to a certain conception. As they navigate their way through this adventure, they overcome obstacles (Crago, 2003) that enable them to reach the end where they become knowledgeable and full of experience. However, it is the struggles that they have battled that enabled them to make this transformation and as Drake (2012) quotes “sometimes it’s the …show more content…
Crago (2003) defines the journey present in all fairy tales. He states that at the beginning of all fairy tales, the protagonist must leave home (Crago, 2003). In “The Snow Queen”, Gerda leaves home to rescue Kay who has been captured by the Snow Queen and is being affected by “the ugly glass” (Andersen, 2005,p.117) which has “pricked”(Andersen, 2005,p.117) his heart and his eye. Crago (2003) states that the protagonist’s journey is aided by the meeting of supernatural creatures or figures. These creatures become the donor in the tale and offer the protagonist something that they value (Crago, 2003). Andersen (2005) refers to the thing that Gerda values most which is the whereabouts of Kay. The donor in this case is the roses in the old woman’s garden (Andersen, 2005). They ensure Gerda that they have “been in the earth where the dead are, but Kay was not there” (Andersen, 2005, p.126). Also Andersen’s wood pigeons act as a donor as it is the indispensable information that they have about the Snow Queen and Kay that sets Gerda on the right track- “She must have been making for Lapland, for you’ll always find snow and ice there” (Andersen, 2005, p.143). Charles (2001) states that Gerda’s excursion comes to an end as she overcomes her final obstacle (Crago, 2003) and she has transformed throughout her journey as the Finish woman …show more content…
Unlike “The Snow Queen” and “Rumpelstiltskin”, it is not a journey that portrays the becoming of age in terms of developing from childhood to adulthood, but rather a story of an adult transforming from being innocent to becoming experienced. It is thought the struggles that the selfish Giant faces that he gains his knowledge (Crago, 2003). The Giant owned a garden which had “soft green grass” (Wilde,1994, p.32) where “beautiful flowers like stars” (Wilde,1994, p.32) stood with “twelve peach-trees that in the spring-time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit” (Wilde,1994, p.32). Wilde (1994) states that when the Giant returned from his travels he declared that that the garden was his own and that “I will allow nobody to play in it but myself” (Wilde, 1994, p.32). The Giants struggles commences as depicted by Crago (2003), when the garden is without the happiness of the children and it remains in the season of
Fairy tales are always remembered as the story where everyone lived happily ever after, but, to get to that happily ever after, the protagonist must complete a journey. This journey is one where they begin as an innocent person or are innocent to a certain conception. As they navigate their way through this adventure, they overcome obstacles (Crago, 2003) that enable them to reach the end where they become knowledgeable and full of experience. However, it is the struggles that they have battled that enabled them to make this transformation and as Drake (2012) quotes “sometimes it’s the …show more content…
Crago (2003) defines the journey present in all fairy tales. He states that at the beginning of all fairy tales, the protagonist must leave home (Crago, 2003). In “The Snow Queen”, Gerda leaves home to rescue Kay who has been captured by the Snow Queen and is being affected by “the ugly glass” (Andersen, 2005,p.117) which has “pricked”(Andersen, 2005,p.117) his heart and his eye. Crago (2003) states that the protagonist’s journey is aided by the meeting of supernatural creatures or figures. These creatures become the donor in the tale and offer the protagonist something that they value (Crago, 2003). Andersen (2005) refers to the thing that Gerda values most which is the whereabouts of Kay. The donor in this case is the roses in the old woman’s garden (Andersen, 2005). They ensure Gerda that they have “been in the earth where the dead are, but Kay was not there” (Andersen, 2005, p.126). Also Andersen’s wood pigeons act as a donor as it is the indispensable information that they have about the Snow Queen and Kay that sets Gerda on the right track- “She must have been making for Lapland, for you’ll always find snow and ice there” (Andersen, 2005, p.143). Charles (2001) states that Gerda’s excursion comes to an end as she overcomes her final obstacle (Crago, 2003) and she has transformed throughout her journey as the Finish woman …show more content…
Unlike “The Snow Queen” and “Rumpelstiltskin”, it is not a journey that portrays the becoming of age in terms of developing from childhood to adulthood, but rather a story of an adult transforming from being innocent to becoming experienced. It is thought the struggles that the selfish Giant faces that he gains his knowledge (Crago, 2003). The Giant owned a garden which had “soft green grass” (Wilde,1994, p.32) where “beautiful flowers like stars” (Wilde,1994, p.32) stood with “twelve peach-trees that in the spring-time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit” (Wilde,1994, p.32). Wilde (1994) states that when the Giant returned from his travels he declared that that the garden was his own and that “I will allow nobody to play in it but myself” (Wilde, 1994, p.32). The Giants struggles commences as depicted by Crago (2003), when the garden is without the happiness of the children and it remains in the season of