Part one of term paper
Patriarchal societies play a major role in many fairy tales. These societies are especially evident in A Thousand and One Nights, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In each of these tales, the patriarchal system inherent in the story causes obvious opposition between either a husband and wife, or a father and daughter. In general, the app ...

Part two of term paper
... in another social way as well, such as how the female affected by the patriarchy will be not only a female, but a youngest daughter as well. Some common motifs associated with the patriarchal system in the fairy tales would be the male ruler of a kingdom, the ruler making blind promises, and those promises concerning his beautiful princess daughter. The daughter is almost never given a choice in the matter, but another common motif in fairy tales is when the princess conveniently falls in love ...