EN165 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sibling Rivalry, Oedipus Complex, The Swineherd
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When women are in charge, things go wrong. Mother shows callousness to abandon her children so she can eat. Witch and mother are both concerned with food. About young children so the ending is them returning home. Female child has a larger role; by killing the witch, she has somehow killed her mother (oedipal scenario, by killing her mother, she has the full protection of her father. There is a hierarchy even among princesses she must be a real princess. First thing mentioned about the princess is how tight her clothes are. Cannot risk marrying someone of lower class. The princess is better than the rest of us; only a princess could be delicate enough to feel this, she is inherently different from other people. Royalty are worthy of praise for being so different from the rest of us. Fairy tales are about why we should stick to the old ways.
