... ugly duckling, into the swan, but unfortunately we feel we can't do it without the help of prince charming. In the fairytales of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel, the heroines show alliance to the structure of strong behavioural codes, allowing the reader to relate to the damsel, ... three tales the major theme of the female character is passivity. Rapunzel relies completely on a prince, for her to escape her imprisonment; Cinderella has to use the mythic powers of her fairy godmother to achieve her goal and Sleeping Beauty is rendered helpless until her prince charming ... Rapu...

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