Among the folk tale characters most familiar to American children are Snow White, ordered killed by her stepmother; Cinderella, abused if not physically abandoned; and of course. Hansel and Gretel, left to die in the woods by their father and stepmother. My intent in this paper is to ...
The godmother in "Cinderella" appears as a very plump old woman, rauch wrinkled, white capped and bespectacled, with a comfortable yet wry pleasantness about her — a far cry from Disney's beauteous version. As for the grandmother in "Little Red Riding Hood," it is with compassion that ...