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The Witch Must Die

How Fairy Tales Shape Our Lives

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An edition of The Witch Must Die (1999)

The Witch Must Die

How Fairy Tales Shape Our Lives

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In The Witch Must Die, Sheldon Cashdan explores how fairy tales help children deal with psychological conflicts by projecting their own internal struggles between good and evil onto the battles enacted by the characters in the stories. Rumpelstiltskin, Pinocchio and Rapunzel vividly dramatize lust, envy, avarice and sloth on a safe stage, allowing children to confront their own "deadly sins.".

Cashdan offers elegant analyses of how fairy tales speak to basic human concerns, highlighting the roles played by iconic images like glass slippers, gingerbread houses, evil stepmothers and sorcery. He shows how fairy tales differ from culture to culture, what happens when classic fairy tales are "Disneyfied," and why it is that fairy tales can have a surprisingly salutary effect on adult readers. Along the way he probes the eternal questions: Why does Snow White eat the poison apple?

Why is the stepmother so mean? Why is Cinderella's father never around when she needs him?

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Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
283

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Subjects
Aspectos psicológicos, Aspectos sociales, Cuentos de hadas, Fairy tales, Historia y crítica, History and criticism, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Fairy tales, Social aspects, Social aspects of Fairy tales, Psychologische aspecten, Kinderen, Sprookjes, Normen (menswetenschappen), Fairy tales, history and criticism, Literature and society

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Cover of: The Witch Must Die
The Witch Must Die: The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales
July 2000, Basic Books
in English
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La bruja debe morir: de qué modo los cuentos de hadas influyen en los ninõs
2000, Debate
in Spanish
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The Witch Must Die: How Fairy Tales Shape Our Lives
July 1, 1999, Basic Books
in English
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"I came to fairy tales twice, first as a child and years later as an adult."

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GR550 .C39 1999

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OL7594172M
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0465091482
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9780465091485
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99032619
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99032619, 41488681
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218623
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1042104

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