Can We Defend the View that fairytales are Simple Stories to

Children may like fairy tales because they show good triumphing over evil; adults may prefer them because they trigger childhood nostalgia or a social event close to them in their lives. The fact is that fairy tales were written to be enjoyed, and although have become universally loved, they all contain a hidden meaning from just being a ‘little old bedtime story’. The psychoanalytical view of the fairytale teaches that it’s meaning depends and …

…a secondary meaning in any tale would be unjust. The power at which these tales are written, and the very fact they are about such common topical issues even of the 19th century clearly proves that they cannot simply be ignored, but they are subconsciously absorbed into the mind of the reader highlighting an immediate underlying meaning, resulting in the stories not being quite like a ‘simple bedtime story’ as one might first have thought.