Fairy Tales

Hermeneutics
Veronica Plesca, group 402
 2. The Princess and the 1.
PeaJack and the Beanstalk

4. Little Red Riding Hood 3. The Beauty and the Beast

5. The Little Mermaid
6. The Three Little Pigs
7. Goldilocks and the Three Bears
8. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
9. The Ugly Duckling
10. Sleeping Beauty
11. Aladdin
Prince Frog Giant Fairy

King Queen Knight

Monster

Princess Witch Wizard

Dragon

Ogre Stepmother Wolf

 Once upon a ti

There was a princess.

There were three pigs.

There was a mermaid.

There were six ducks.

 In a beautiful castle.

In a distant mountain.

In a dark forest

On the bank of a cold river.

Next to a quiet lake.

Define your idea of what a fairy tale is

• Fairy tale:
• A fairy tale is a type of short story that
typically features European folkloric
fantasy characters, such as dwarves,
elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins,
mermaids, trolls, or witches, and usually
magic or enchantments
• Content: Associated with children
• Characters: fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants,
gnomes, talking animals, princes, princesses, witches,
wicked stepmothers, fairy godmothers, etc.
• Structure: Contains elements of plot
• Examples: Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty,
etc.
Your understanding of Fairy tales may not be as
you thought…
• Originally, fairy tales were gruesome, graphic and vile stories
about horrible murders and torture. This is only a mild
descriptions. The Brothers Grimm wrote many of the fairy tales
that we know today, however, they were not all sunshine and
fairies and love like we have been brought up believing. The
fairy tales we know today are adaptations of the original
stories. If they were the original stories, they would most
certainly not be allowed to be read to children.
 What is a folk tale? 

• A folktale is a story which began with oral storytelling. Passed

down through the ages Teaches lesson Explains why things are
as they are.

• Examples of Folk Tales: The Nightingale; The Seventh Sister;

How the Snake Got Poison; Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; He
Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit
 Task: Fairy Tale Adaptations Objective:

• To assess and analyses the ways in which fairy tales

have been adapted over time
• We will be looking at three different versions of Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs.
• The story as we were told as children
• A film comparison
 Tasks
• Explain how the three films have changed and adapted
the original story of Snow White to appeal to a modern
audience.
• Explain the differences between the two written stories.
• Why do you think the story has been changed?