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  1. Oct 2025
    1. The Bluebeard figure who appears in Grimm is a less ambiguous villain. The emphasis falls squarely on the dangers of marriage, and the tales feature a plucky trickster heroine who gets the better of her would-be murderous groom. He figures in two of their most mysterious and powerful stories, 'Fitcher's Bird', and 'The Robber Bride­ groom', one of the earliest stories the Grimms collected.

      I find this very interesting because a criticism that is often levied at fairy tales is their enforcing of patriarchal values. This lesson thought by the fairy tales still in a way assumes patriarchal society but it doesn't treat finding a husband as the end goal but as something that can have it's own concerns. This isn't princess marries prince charming because he showed up. It is more like princess thinks about if prince charming is gonna murder her instead of naively following him.

  2. Sep 2025
    1. People buy books that speak to their condition, that appeal to them in one way or another, that their friends, acquaintances, and relatives recommend to them, and, above all, people buy books that they like.

      This sentence is interesting to me because it highlights how a fairy tale, independent of the history behind it, is still a story that spreads because it speaks to the audience’s conditions. Because of their overwhelming fame, we forget that fairy tales were stories just like any other. This is a very interesting point to explore as the way they appeal to everyone is very apparent with most fairy tales that are widely recognized.