ENG 222 Study Guide - Final Guide: Teddy Bear, Sigmund Freud, Wish Fulfillment
14 Dec 2017
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We make our children when we make books for them . Shaping a child by the stories we read to them. Look at the ending then reflect on the choices that came before. Every variant tells a different story of the culture it"s aiming for. Notions of childhood and the child are also historically specific. Oral stories began to get written down, then later published. Often ends in coming into wealth, or growth in status. 3 tasks; 3 helpers; 3 objects to retrieve, etc. Name is often a characterization (eg. rapunzel = plant that is eaten) Good does not mean morally good; someone we admire and wins at the end of the day. Seven dwarves have to take care of her. Retrieve her from death twice, can"t do it a third time. Preserve her body in a glass case to admire her beauty. Prince buys the corpse and the glass case. Comes back to life and they marry.
