Fairy Tales Have a Dark Side.

Children from a young age are told fairy tales by trusted parents and teachers, a tradition that has continued for many years and has been employed all over the world. We allow our young innocent minds to indulge in a fantasy world of magic and create unreal expectations. Not to say this a bad thing, there could not be anything more wonderful than encouraging our imagination, if no one dared to imagine or dream, many brilliant creations would never have existed. The imagination inspires music, architecture, books, art and film. I personally could not imagine a world without these things.

I want to delve into all aspects of fairy tales including:

• Symbolism
• Colour theory
• Historical references
• Culture
• Origin
• Artwork/illustration
• Morals
• Tradition
• Character roles
• Common factors
• Negative/Positive impacts of the fairy tale