Top stories published by Elon’s Fairy Tale Files in January of 2018

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Jonathan Eckel in Elon’s Fairy Tale Files

Jan 22, 2018

Incestuous Relationships

Incest is far more prevalent in fairy tales than I ever remembered them being as a child. The tale “Donkey Skin,”…

Alex Merritt in Elon’s Fairy Tale Files

Jan 22, 2018

True Love’s Kiss

In “Briar Rose”, as told by the Grimm Brothers, a princess and her castle are cast under a spell causing everybody in the castle…

Landon Kestlinger in Elon’s Fairy Tale Files

Jan 22, 2018

Archetype of the Wolf

The archetype of the wolf in fairy tales is something of a malicious one. The wolf is seen as a character that steals…

Jansen Whitaker in Elon’s Fairy Tale Files

Jan 22, 2018

The Color Red

The color red shows up in multiple fairy tales and can be interpreted in different ways. In Charles Perrault’s Little Red Riding Hood, the color red represents maturity and beauty. Little Red Riding Hood is a story about a girl who goes into the woods on her own and is almost killed and sexually…

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Francesca Mancuso in Elon’s Fairy Tale Files

Jan 22, 2018

Sidekicks to the Rescue

In almost every fairy tale from Perrault to the Grimms, the use of animal friends and sidekicks have always seemed to…

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Kennedy Little in Elon’s Fairy Tale Files

Jan 22, 2018

Human Sacrifices: Fairy Tale or Real Life?

Rakel Jonsdottir, Kennedy Little and Breanna Mitchell

In fairytales sometimes we see that people are given up as human sacrifices. In “Beauty and the Beast”, Beauty sacrifices her life so her dad will not be killed. Her father…

Emily Burcham in Elon’s Fairy Tale Files

Jan 22, 2018

Fairy Godmothers

Emily Burcham and Julia Lynch

Mathilde Martin in Elon’s Fairy Tale Files

Jan 22, 2018

The villains we love & the heroes we hate

In most of fairy-tales, not to say in all fairy-tales, we find the well-known memes of…

Tess Bradshaw in Elon’s Fairy Tale Files

Jan 22, 2018

A Bird in the Hand

Tess Bradshaw, Hannaleigh Pierce and Brelynd Cyphers

Andrew Walsh in Elon’s Fairy Tale Files

Jan 22, 2018

Abusive and Negligent Parenting

By: Andrew Walsh

December 2018

These were the top 10 stories published by Elon’s Fairy Tale Files in January of 2018. You can also dive into daily archives for January of 2018 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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A blog for Elon English 255, based on The Fairy Tale Review’s Fairy Tale Files. All blog written by Elon students studying fairy tales, old and new.

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