This morning, during my English Lit lesson, we came across this poem by Louise Gluck. Its about the aftermath of Hansel and Gretel. Basically it's saying that Gretel committed manslaughter on another person and her brother couldn't give two flying shits about it, not only that but he seems to have forgotten... is it me, or does Hansel come across as an ungrateful little bastard?
This got me thinking, there are some creepy ass hidden agendas in most fairytales, when you think about it, most of them are twisted, psychotic and utterly off the wagon..
Like, Cinderella...First off, the Brothers Grimm bluntly imply that Step-families are pure, unadulterated evil, and its probably the reason why , at first (and by at first I mean now) I would have paid a hit man to exterminate my Step-monst...er I mean mother, cause I've been influenced by the horrid bitch in that tale. Secondly, they point out that not only is it okay to break the rules, run away till midnight to party hard, get with a random guy AND lie about it, but also, leave your clothes around the whole freaking kingdom like some kind of trailer-trash girl.
Seriously, ALL fairytales are screwed up big time..
Snow white? Broke into a house, lived with 7 men, threatened to starve them if they didn't do as she pleased. Jasmine? Forbidden relationship with a hobo, runs away on a flying carpet with a random guy to a cave. Little Red Riding Hood didn't listen to her mother and went to the forest. Pinocchio was a liar. Robin Hood was a thief. Tarzan walked without clothes on. Sleeping Beauty was kissed by a stranger and married him. The Little Mermaid? Ran around naked and sold her soul, for a guy... Alice in freaking wonderland? Drinks random things, eats strange foods, talks to strangers - That whole story is just one huge Pot-trip...
Jeez! No wonder this generation is so screwed up...
Moral of the blog: Keep your offspring away from fairytales...
Totally going to burn all my Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen and all those wacko authors.
Until next time...
Keep on keepin' on :D
Peace (V)
-N.H x