Folk and Fairy tales
In many fairy tales there were underlying values that were taught to readers. Many of these values can be seen appropriate to the society in the time period in which they were written, but in modern times, societies values have changed, yet these fairytales haven’t.
One fairy tale that has questionable values is that of the tale of in that of “Hansel and Gretel” In this tale the parents with their own preservation in mind, decide to leave their children out deep in the woods just so they could survive. This value is of course negative as this would not be acceptable in today’s modern society as it is unethical, unmoral and illegal. Another negative value is that of killing another person. Just because someone tried to kill you does not in turn give you the right to kill them. Another value is that of the male being superior to the female. In this tale Hansel was generally the one with all the ideas and plans while Gretal was seen as a helpless bystander......
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