Here is Part Four of the "Realistic fairy tales" project. So if you've just wandered here and don't know what this is about, check my previous posts, and see examples I made of different fairy tale characters. I plan to make six altogether, and then do further posts on "Warrior women in fairytales" and "Villains of fairytales". If you've been reading my posts on this project, Realistic fairy tales, you may have already identified with a character so far. If not then don't worry because I intend to write more soon.
Sleeping Beauty
This story is a Charles Perrault tale about a princess who cuts her finger on a spinning wheel, and enters a very deep sleep. The sleep curse is lifted by a prince when he kisses the princess. The story is also called "Little Briar Rose". The narrative can be found in a medieval poem called Perceforest. If you like the story and think you can't identify with this sleeping beauty, I will mention her traits applied to the real world. The Sleeping Beauty doesn't feel in control, that her destiny is planned by others, and her life is static. She doesn't experience anything, as she's been isolated and forgotten. As curses go, people around her are cursed. What the sleeping princess needs, apart from her rescuer, is Experience.
The Ugly Duckling
This is a story by Hans Christian Andersen. This is about a mother duck whose eggs hatch. All of her chicks are cute and yellow except one, that looks very different. Then this poor chick is mistreated by the others. Even the mother duck rejects him. Sadly he flees and enters a farm, and a kind lady befriends him, except her vicious cat and a nasty hen. He goes from place to place, experiencing trouble and getting bullied. Months later he turns into a beautiful swan. If you can easily identify with Ugly Duckling, remember that he's truly a swan. He couldn't fit in because of that. What the ugly duckling or baby swan needs is Confidence.
More will follow soon...
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