#only major difference i recall rn is that the king's advisors were like 'what the fuck oh god dont marry your own fucking daughter' | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

shoezuki · 9 months ago

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the essay i got due tomorrow n barely done is like. its good i like it im excited to write it and im so upset that i have no time and am sick like.

its in my fairy tales n folklore class n im writing on the subject of taboo topics in perrault's 'donkeyskin' and specifically the symbolism/metaphors of the donkey hide she wears n how it symbolizes her trauma haunting her long after she escapes her fathers attempts to marry her n like. i like the story a lot n how its kinda fucked up but perrault really watered down the father-daughter incest topic n tried to make it more 'safe' and less taboo. but he fucking failed and i wanna argue bout it so bad. but my head hurt

#ask to tag #incest mention #her wearing the skinned prized donkey her father owned even after she escaped him #and how filthy and disgusting it was and how she never took it off #until finally she sees herself for the first time and sees how ppl see her.....#its her wearing her trauma ok its . the symbolism #how innate it was to her like how the skin just became her. she never saw herself. but the shame and pain of it is present and EUGH #its a good tale. i need to read other variants cuz perrault really like. forgot bout the king halfway through #id write bout other ones but i have no time lshglshg #but anyways its about patriachal power and how she suffered under 'polite' society that dictated her father controls her #even when that control is. fucked up and disgusting.#EUGH #i did read the grimms version tho n tbh that one was very similar #only major difference i recall rn is that the king's advisors were like 'what the fuck oh god dont marry your own fucking daughter'#but in perrault's version the only one who helps her and sees how wrong this is is her fairy godmother #but even then. she barely does shit. her attempts to 'politely' turn down the king fail #god. god.

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