Definition of Fairy tale

As everyone knows, fairy tales have magic in them. Magic wands, fairies, talking animals, a maid turning into a princess for the night. However, no one asks why they are like this, we accept them as they are. For the most part, we read fairy tales as a lesson to children. Don’t take food from strangers, you could die. Don’t talk to strangers, they could eat you and your grandmother. But what are the underlying reasons or meanings behind these fairytales? Sleeping Beauty, for instance, is studied by Frudains and they have a lot to say on the meaning of the tale. Between the ages of ten and fourteen children become involved in only themselves. They hide in their rooms and become cranky and irritable. Freudians believe that Sleeping Beauty sleeping for 100 years symbolizes this period of children's lives. When the prince wakes the princess up with a kiss is to represent the idea of sexual awakening of teenagers. Fairy tales also hold certain character motifs. There is always an elder who is often the father or king. The hero is often the princess since they get what they want out of the story. The true love is often the prince who saves the princess and fights off the villain. The villain is the one who puts the hero in danger. The helper is more often than not, a fairy or a fairy godmother. The friend is the companion of the hero and is Disney versions of fairy tales, they are most often animals. Lastly, all fairytales have a falcon. An object or something that makes the fairy tale unique. For example, Cinderella and the shoe, Beauty and the Beast and the wilting flower.