Reading Notes: Fairy Tales, Tricksters & Metamorphosis

Going into this part of the assignment for the week, I was both unsure of what was to come but also excited. I had no idea that there were so many different things that fell under the classification of mythology and folklore. For example, Beauty and the Beast was one of my favorite stories as a kid, but I had no idea that it fell into this type of category or that it could be worked with in such a way as to retell it and make it into a completely new story.

Fairy Tale Thoughts: Beauty and the Basilisk
- Favorite fairy tale
- New version: like the shift on character development
- Fun twist in plot; more emphasis on mother
-Could take this and turn it by focusing on the girl's side of it and how she might feel betrayed and unwanted by her mother

Trickster Thoughts: Tiger, Brahman, and Jackal
- Love the trickster theme
- Could rework with a completely unexpected turn (small beats large or something like that)

Metamorphosis Thoughts: Pygmalion
- Along similar lines as Princess and the Frog as far as type
- Could use it to also spin fairy tale of some sort
- characters? Might have one thats incredibly privileged that stereotypes against the other but then finds out they aren't so bad.

Representation of the variety of fairytales

and different stories that can be told. Source: Wikimedia Commons