Carpe Diem

The story of Sleeping Beauty is a perfect representation of values in a patriarchy society. The female protagonist, the Sleeping Princess, is always portraited as a vulnerable and innocent figure. The princess can't even stand with a wound poked by a spindle. At the same time, the prince is depicted as brave who is strong enough to conquer magic made by a fairy or to fight a dragon.  In the first version, Talia, Sun, and Moon, Talia the Princess is almost an object who is passively accept everything happened on her. In the encounter with the prince, Talia was raped, and her children were threatened and “eaten” by the queen. On the other hand, the queen, a symbol of matriarchy, is described as a mean and jealous cannibal, while the king is justified as righteous and courageous even though he “raped” Talia. This stigmatization of matriarchy is even more obvious in second version: the queen is even created as an ogress, an ugly and hideous man-eater. Besides, in both stories, there...

Fairytale is a genre of literary work that usually comes from oral stories that involve magic elements. If I could be a part of any fairy tale, I would choose the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood. Wolf, in many fairytales, are considered as evil and crafty creature. Despite the negative description of wolves, their cleverness impressed me. Although the wolf figure in fairytales was more of personification, wild wolves actually exhibit characters as a patient and clever predator which drives people to exaggerate those qualities.