lilithu
The Devil's Advocate
Yes, that's what I've been saying!Melody said:They didn't have to be about someone being punished. Some are about how good triumphs over evil as in Cinderella, Snow White and Rapunzel. In the end, good triumphs.
I think most are about the promise that good will triumph over evil - that people will live happily ever after. That's why they appeal to kids, and to us.
Some are about how things that appear hideous or gross turn out not to be, like Beauty and the Beast or the Frog Prince. Those are about the transformative power of love. When you're afraid of someone, he appears ugly to you. When you love someone, he becomes beautiful to you. In a time when marriages were arranged and girls were forced to go live with strange men they'd never met, these kinds of stories would have been a comfort to them.