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“His [(Rumpelstiltskin)] feeling that his name, which is his identity, must be kept secret, or else he'll be revealed to the world as the hunchbacked, shriveled, ridiculous creature he knows himself to be. And if that happens, he'll disappear.”

Identity Analysis Fairy Tale Name Pschology Rumpelstiltskin

Book:Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life

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“When assaulted by sexual knowledge for the first time, a girl plunges into a period of blackness, which is required in order to let her emotions catch up with her body. Sleeping Beauty sleeps. Cinderella waits, and while she waits she works her way through the darkness of depression. Snow White both works and sleeps before she is ready to open her eyes and find a Prince leaning over her.”

Sleep Sexuality Analysis Girls Fairy Tales Puberty Sleeping Beauty

Book:Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life

Source: Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life