Folk and Fairy tales

The two-fairy tales I chose to blog about were Brother Grimm, “The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich”, and Giovanni  Straparola , “The Pig King”; I chose to focus on the sex and violence aspect of these two-fairy tales as well.    Both stories reflect a lot of violence opposed to the usual beauty and the beast tale. The imagery of violence is present in both tales, it is more prominent in “The Pig King”, but the “The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich also displays violence to some degree.   In the tale of ,  “The Pig King” violence was displayed by the pig viciously killing the first two sisters. In the text, it says ,  “ The bride determined she would kill her betrothed that night, but the pig prince overheard and killed her with his hoofs before she had the chance to kill him”. Violence was show on both the princesses behave as well as the pig; the princess was planning to kill the frog which reflects cruelty and violence. The princess was not willing...

This cartoon was very interesting. This cartoon is similar to the films to  The Three Little Pigs  by Ronald Dahl (pg.24, Tatar) , as well as,  The Brothers Grimm, little red cap  (pg.18, Tatar) all in one.   In the story of The Three Little Pigs in the book two of the pigs get eaten and little red robin hood saves one of the pigs from the wolf just to eventually kill the pig herself, which is not a happy ending to some. In the cartoon that I watched, the wolf attempts to eat two of the pigs, but they escape. The wolf then tries to go after little red and her grandmother, but they also shield themselves from the wolf. The other pig of the three then saves little red and grandmother by putting popcorn and hot stones in the wolfs belch. The cartoon is unique because usually the story of The Three Little Pigs they do not all live, but in the cartoon all the pigs live. It is also very different because in the usual stories of the three little pigs they are res...

Have you ever heard of the saying think outside the box? Well that is what folk and fairy tales are all about, if you are narrow minded  often times  you may miss the messages that folk and fairy tale stories are giving .   In my opinion,  folk and fairy tales are childhood stories about magic and a world that has more things than the eye can see. A  folk or fairy tale is a development of one’s imagination through stories. Folk and fairy tales force people to expand their mindset or else the stories will be no fun.  One must believe in potions, witches, magical creatures, and supernatural beings because it creates a reality for the stories. One must believe that there is a world deeper than the one the eye can see; one must understand that odd things will occur and that is normal.   Folk and fairy tales are also very great for a child's development. Regular stories and novels set a regulation for how the story’s plot, ending, and imagery mu...

Folktale and Fairy Tales Who am I? Hey, my name is Nathaniel (Nate) Alston. I am from Baltimore, Maryland; I am a sophomore at McDaniel College perusing a double major in Accounting Economics and Business administration. I currently run track at McDaniel College which is a love, hate kind of feelings at times, but I overall really enjoy running. I also played football back in high school but I figured it would be to much to pile on multiple sports so I decided to stay active with track and field. That is a few things small things you may be interested in before you begin viewing my blog, now lets get into the exciting details! Why did I enroll into the class? I enrolled into this because at times it can be very overwhelming only taking classes that pertain to your major. Every semester I dedicate on spot to a class that does not pertain to my major to learn something new, while I was searching for classes to take this semester I came upon this class. Growing up I gravitated towa...