Edge

What makes the difference between opinion and theory? The first is simply viewing a topic at a personal angle, but the latter is opinion that is justified with reasoning, (logic, facts, premise, etc.) Natural facts, or accepted truths, can be broken down by theory, where “the upsetting of the ‘natural fact’ is the beginning of being able to see things clearly.” Fairy tales are like these natural facts. When we begin to theorize about these stories, background is dug up and a deeper meaning is slowly uncovered.

Fairy tales are stories that have princes and princesses, characters at odds with the world to fall in love, triumphs over evil, a glittering storyline, and happy-ever-after endings. Or, is that the accepted truth? Let’s touch a small idea of theory. What if, after researching, the story you grew up with as Cinderella wasn’t at all what you remembered? Would you be hesitant to accept it? Even if the idea was unacceptable, there is something to be learned.

All things, fairy tales included, change according to what is considered acceptable or appropriate. Ideas, or opinions, are derived from morals of that time. What may have been used to convey a message to a child years ago is not the contemporary method, and is perhaps even looked down upon because it is not understood. As time changes, so does the tendency for certain personal opinions and larger accepted truths. It is therefore be understood that natural fact, is in fact… not fact!

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