Darnton

Robert Darnton's essay is more productive in helping me think of fairy tales as more than children's entertainment. While Bettelheim's essay clearly explains how fairy tales help children to develop and learn important lessons, Darnton's essay goes deeper into the various parts of the tales. He explains the sexual symbols that can be found and the history of how they changed through the oral tradition but maintained the basic plot lines and motifs. Darnton shows how each tale can be analyzed to learn about different cultures depending on how they adapt them and that they were not created simply for their entertainment value.