Through the effective use of literary and rhetorical devices, the three literary works show the ideals from fairy tales are less favourable for today’’s society.

As a child, children learn about their culture’’s ideals of life through fairy tales and fables; ideals about love, relationships and expectations. When looking at modern literature, the ideals from fairy tales and fable are less prominent. Alice Major’’s "Puce Fairy Tale", a poem about disproving the fairy tale expectations in relationship. June Callwood’’s "Forget Prince Charming" an essay about dispelling the fairy tale belief of the perfect mate. James Harrison’’s "Cinderella/from Eve’’s Version" a poem which disproves the fairy tale way of life, the opposite to what is hoped. With the Author’’s modern perspectives, the ideals expressed in fairy tales seem flawed. Through the effective use of literary and rhetorical devices, the three literary works show the ideals from fairy tales are less favourable for today’’s society.
Callwood’’s believes the perfect fairy tale mate does not exist because everyone has flaws, and fallacies. She used the me...