My thesis statement is Fairy tales can be bad for children because “it can badly affect them with harmful stereotypes such fostering realism and failing to face the consequences that are going to affect their lives.” My main statement can argue that fairy tales are retellings of folk tales, and folk tales tell the children anxieties of life such as family and riches. From List A, I use a quote from “Sex and Violence from Fairy Tales” by David Issacs: “Many tales have been modified because the originals were too confronting. The Grimm may have loved violence, but they found sex and family strife treating.” (Issacs) From List B, I choose a quote from “Some Day My Prince will Come” by Marcia Lieberman: “It’s hard to see how children could be “prepared for women’s liberation by reading fairy tales.” (Lieberman)
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I would have to agree with you Anna , the gender roles and stereotypes that are pushed in the storylines can have a negative effect on a child knowing or unknowingly. I also was interested in the article you chose by David Isaacs because it is painfully true these stories were never intended for children to begin with ! it reminds me often of the original little mermaid story where Ariel vanishes into the sea foam . some day my prince will come truly resonated because fairy tales where woman are very submissive does not coinside with the term liberation