Monday, January 28, 2008

Which Fairytale character would I be?

As many of my posts have seemingly been about, I was thinking today about which fairytale character I would want to be. It's just that we have been talking a lot about fairytales, and I've always wondered who I reflect the most. I personally believe that I would want to be Belle from "Beauty and the Beast" (maybe because my prom dress was very similar to the dress she wears at the end of the Disney movie) because of her ability to see throught the Beasts outer facade and actually fall in love with his warm and kind heart. I also admire her attempts to stand up to the towns people to protect her "crazy" father and the Beast. She seems to be one of the strongest of the fairytale women, though that may only be the interpretation present through the movie. Many of the main characters in other fairytales are such "push-overs," hardly ever having their own thoughts. I can understand why feminists have a problem with how they percieve women as some kind of door mat to walk all over. Though I don't particularly agree with changing the stories because I grew up with fairytales and I love them just the way they are (even if many of the princesses seem, well, "blonde" sometimes).

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