Morgan Le Fay

As a professed cat lover, I was enthralled by this article. I particularly enjoyed the brief foray into Egypt, as I once held a high interest for Egyptology as well. Cats and humans have an interesting companionship, and I thought it fascinating to read about the companionship immortalized through various works of art throughout the ages.

Well done!

Sometimes, when I would watch these Disney movies as a little girl. I would find certain traits about the princesses that I wouldn’t understand. One of these was that Ariel had no respect for her father’s wishes. Of course, when I got older I understood the backstory of The Little Mermaid more, and reached a similar conclusion discussed in the article.

I loved that you explored the psychology behind the lack of maternal influence in fairy tale characters. I have had conversation with my friends looking back on our childhood films wondering how we could have held the princesses in such high esteem. Snow White, for example, mystified me because I don’t consider myself naive enough to run off with some boy I just met. To break down the reasoning behind her and other characters’ actions was fascinating and an enjoyable read.

I find an antagonist story to be utterly refreshing. It opens up perspective into the “bad guy” of the story’s motives, which oftentimes I feel are explained with bias. Usually the “good guy” receives an explanation from a bad guy’s victim or none at all. I was the type of person as a child that I would always ponder why the villains in my favorite movies chose to do wrong. I like that the exposure to more complex characters through the antagonist story, because it brings a new perspective to film and TV. I really enjoyed this article, and was hooked by your mentioning of The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs. That was one of my well-loved books at story-time.