Research Materials for Fairy Tales

• Psychosexual Stages
• Psychosexual Stages Video
• Pleasure Principle and Reality Principle Video

• Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment. Vintage Books, 1989.
• Hansel and Gretel
• Little Red Cap
• Cinderella
• The Three Little Pigs

Discussion Questions for Bettelheim:

1. What is the central theme of "Little Red Cap"?
2. What are some of the differences between "Hansel and Gretel" and "Little Red Cap"?
3. How does 'sibling rivalry' fit into "Cinderella" and what can a child learn in the story?
4. How does the 'reality principle' manifest itself in "the Three Little Pigs"?
5. What does the wolf represent to a child?