Italy. Source: Wikimedia Commons
For this week (really two weeks, but who’s counting)
readings, I chose the Italian Popular Tales
unit. Since I am travelling to Italy in
the spring, I thought that it would be fun to read their fairy tales. Maybe it will give a bit of insight into
their culture, maybe not.
The unit was very interesting, although slightly repetitive. Zelindaand the Monster was a lot like Beauty and the Beast. The woman met a dragon whom she was forced to
live with and when she finally agreed to marry him, he became a handsome young
man. The Fair Angiola was very similar to Rapunzel… but with a dog’s
face. The hair and tower were the same,
but the witch cursed her with a dog’s face when she ran. Howthe Devil Married Three Sisters started out like the story of Cupid and
Psyche. He told the women to not do
something, which of course he did.
I really enjoyed reading this unit. It reminded me a lot of the Grimm fairy tales
that I have been reading all semester, so of course I loved them!
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