“The modern fairy tale ending is the reverse of the traditional one: A woman does not wait for Prince Charming to bring her happiness; she lives happily ever after only by refusing to wait for him -- or by actually rejecting him. It is those who persist in hoping for a Prince Charming who are setting themselves up for disillusionment and unhappiness.” DoeWaitingModernSettingTalesTraditionalSettingsCharmFairyUnhappinessFairy TaleReversePersistCharmingHappily Ever AfterEver AfterDisillusionmentRejectingWait For Him Author:Susan Faludi
“The narrative of so many fairy tales are timeless in so many different cultures, and they have been since the dawn of man. They represent escapism, but they all feature themes that have such poignancy in a modern world.” MenWorldHas BeensDifferentCultureModernTalesNarrativeDawnFeaturesThemeFairyFairy TaleTimelessModern WorldEscapismDifferent CulturesPoignancy Author:Lily Cole
“Folk-lore means that the soul is sane, but that the universe is wild and full of marvels. Realism means that the world is dull and full of routine, but that the soul is sick and screaming. The problem of the fairy tale is: what will a healthy man do with a fantastic world? The problems of the modern novel is: what will a madman do with a dull world? In the fairy tales the cosmos goes mad; but the hero does not go mad. In the modern novels the hero is mad before the book begins, and suffers from the harsh steadiness and cruel sanity of the cosmos.” MenWorldMeanDoeBookSoulProblemSufferingUniverseNovelModernHeroHealthySickMadFolksTalesFantasticFairyDullCosmosRoutineSanityFairy TaleSaneRealismHarshMadmenSteadinessModern Novel Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“I think the big thing is the fairy tale. It's taking old folk fairy tales and retelling them in modern day. I think it's just taking you out of everyday life, and everyone loves a good fairy tale.” ThinkingBigsModernEverydayFolksTalesFairyFairy TaleEveryday LifeBig ThingsOne LoveRetellingModern Day Author:Lily Collins
“I wanted to avoid what some modern tellers have done, quite legitimately, to make fairy tales more like novels and short stories, to characterize the heroes and the heroines much more than they are characterized in Grimm. I like the psychological flatness of them, the fact that they're more like masks than individuals.” DoneFactsStoriesWantedIndividualNovelModernHeroTalesPsychologicalFairyMaskShort StoryFairy TaleHeroinesGrimmFlatness Author:Philip Pullman