This document summarizes and analyzes several classic fairy tales including Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Three Little Pigs. It discusses common themes in fairy tales such as transformation, marriage, and justice. It also outlines typical characters like the hero, prince charming, and villain. Finally, it mentions some iconic settings and symbols frequently found in fairy tales like castles, forests, poison apples, and characters transforming into animals.

1. Assignment One:
Research Task – Fairy Tales
Bradley Morris

2. Cinderella
This is a story about a girl
who’s parents died when
she was younger and was
raised as a servant to her
stepmother and
stepsisters.
Rags to riches
story
The Prince decides to host
a ball, in which she goes
without permission from
her stepmother and ends
up falling in love with the
Prince.
She ends up losing a glass
slipper on the night, and
the Prince ends up
scouring the kingdom for
the girl that fits the shoe,
when he eventually finds
her in the end.

3. Beauty and
the Beast
An old woman offers a
Prince a rose in return for
shelter, the Prince refuses
this, which then results in
him being turned into a
beast by the woman who
turns out to be an
enchantress.
A young girl attempts to
befriend this beast to try
and make him good and
over time the beast grows
to care for the young girl.
After breaking her
promise to care for him,
the young girl looks in a
magic mirror and see’s
the beast lying half-dead
in heartbreak, and she’s
goes back to him and
declares her love for him.
This helps to break the
spell and the beast turns
back into his human self
and him and the young
girl live happily married.
Rebirth – Because on
of the main
characters is forced to
change their ways

4. Little Red
Riding Hood
Overcoming
the monster
There are different endings to
the story, but overall, the tale is
about a young girl who
accidentally meets a wolf and
talk to each other with Red
Riding Hood mentioning that
she is going to see her
grandma. The wolf goes to the
grandma’s house and he eats
her, when Red Riding Hood
arrives at the house he eats her
as well.
The moral of this story is
that you shouldn’t talk
to strangers, no matter
what the situation is.

5. The Three
Little Pigs
Overcoming a monster – They
start off scared, but in the end
find a way to beat them
This is a story about three pigs who each
build a house, each house is being made out
of a different material.
A wolf blows down the first two houses which
were made of straw and sticks. But he
couldn’t blow down the third one made of
bricks.
The moral of this story is
that people who work
hard and think ahead
always come out on top
in the end

6. Classic
Themes
Coming of Age – Many
fairy tales show their
characters growing up
and coming into their
own over the course of
the story.
Transformation – In
these kinds of stories,
things aren’t always as
they seem. Characters
tend to go through a
huge change whether
that’s rag to riches or
turning into some kind
of creature.
Marriage – The
majority of fairy
tales end with
some kind of
marriage.
Justice and Judgement – In these
stories, the bad tend to get
punished, this is usually with some
horrible or gory death.
Society and Class – The
majority of characters in
fairy tales are very
identifiable by their
social class, with the
majority of heroes
being a lower class
looking to reach a
higher class
Cunning and Cleverness – Heroes always
have moments in fairy tales where they
able to outwit the villain, and a lot of the
times this also happens the other way
round.

7. Classic
Themes
Coming of Age – Many
fairy tales show their
characters growing up
and coming into their
own over the course of
the story.
Transformation – In
these kinds of stories,
things aren’t always as
they seem. Characters
tend to go through a
huge change whether
that’s rag to riches or
turning into some kind
of creature.
Marriage – The
majority of fairy
tales end with
some kind of
marriage.
Justice and Judgement – In these
stories, the bad tend to get
punished, this is usually with some
horrible or gory death.
Society and Class – The
majority of characters in
fairy tales are very
identifiable by their
social class, with the
majority of heroes
being a lower class
looking to reach a
higher class
Cunning and Cleverness – Heroes always
have moments in fairy tales where they
able to outwit the villain, and a lot of the
times this also happens the other way
round.

8. Classic
Characters
Hero – They are usually
a princess, who is often
treated poorly by a
villain and ends up
finding a prince
eventually.
Fairies – Any fairies in
fairy tales are often
wise and protective.
E.g. Cinderella and
Sleeping Beauty
Prince Charming – They are
usually a handsome and dashing
man and often well spoken.
E.g. Cinderella and Snow White
Villain – With every fairy tale, there
has to be some kind of antagonist for
a hero to go up against. They are
always cruel characters who always
look to get their way.

9. Settings and
Iconography
Castles – Where upper
class fairy tale
characters live which
helps to show their
status.
Forests – Usually bad
things happen in forests
in these kinds of stories
and are often dark and
gloomy.
They are not set
in one certain
area/ country
Fairy tales are adapted to suit a
younger audience.
Poison apples are also a well known symbol in
fairy tales as a way of killing someone.
Characters turning into animals is also a regularly
used situation, for example someone being
turned into a frog, or a villain turning themselves
into some kind of monster.