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Fairy Tales

“. . . happily ever afters.”

airy tales were not created or intended children, yet they are continuously loved children. Romanticised storylines and magical creatures make the perfect world for our imaginations to carelessly roam, but the modernised fairy tale is far from pure whimsy and happily ever afters. The fractured fairy tales of pre-Disney literature are of a darker hue. After all, these stories not only entertain but educate us; they not only provide comfort and hope but prepare

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