![]() ![]() ![]() The ending does not have a “they lived happily ever after.” The prince does not like to see the princess smelling of ashes and wearing a paper bag and so he rebukes her. The ending of this particular fairy tale is rather remarkable. You can read a brief summary of this fairy tale here. “The Paper Bag Princess” has a feminist ending. The best part is that she does it by outsmarting the dragon and not by fighting with the creature. We get to see a brave princess who rescues the prince charming. ![]() By the end of the fairy tale, the prince rescues the damsel and they get to have a “ they lived happily ever after.” However, in the fairy tale “The Paper Bag Princess,” it’s not the same. They are all about a damsel in distress waiting for a strong prince to come and rescue her. Most of the fairy tales that we know of have the same plot. With characters that defy stereotypes and a perfect ending, it fully deserves to be mainstream, and we should make it so. This feminist fairy tale is still very underrated. Robert Munsch wrote “The Paper Bag Princess” in 1980. ![]()
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