Folklore

I believe that some stereotypes on gender in the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty" do shape society's attitude towards women. For example, Sleeping Beauty in the story is described as a female who has been coddled since she is born. Her royal family provides her with all the jewels and fancy clothes and tries to protect her from all undesirable things. Sleeping Beauty also lives in a grandiose palace but rarely goes out the door and experiences the outside world. These descriptions are parallel to the stereotypes of the contemporary society on young women. The patriarchal society believed that women are unable to handle problems by themselves and need to be sheltered from unpleasant things, and the best way to do it is to stay at home. Moreover, in the fist version of Sleeping beauty, the queen envies the king's love towards Talia and seeks to retaliate by killing Talia, making a meal with the flesh of Talia's sons, and letting the king eat it. This also reflects the

If I were to be one of the character in any folktales, I would choose to be the tortoise in "The Tortoise and The Hare". In the story, the tortoise had a race with the rabbit. The rabbit ran much faster than the tortoise, leading by a great margin. The rabbit stopped and took a nap at halfway because the tortoise was far behind and he thought that the tortoise is never going to catch him. However, the tortoise never lose faith in himself and never stop moving forward, and eventually he caught the rabbit and won the race. I wanted to be the tortoise because he never give up even when he has little chance of success. Perseverance was one of the most fundamental character a person needs to possess in order to succeed in the future, and I wanted to be as persistent in everything I do in life as the tortoise in the folktale.