Conclusion

   The study of fairytales will never be truly done. The literature surrounding the definition and classification of the genre, the authors and adapters of fairytales, and the legacies surrounding the stories themselves is already grand in nature, but each new study comes with a different theory and a different perspective on the stories modern audiences know and love. The fact that fairytales are so ingrained in cultures across the world is a significant enough point to justify their study. So few ideas are universal, but an escape from and an understanding of reality is one of them. Carrassi (2016) perhaps encapsulates this idea best: "The fairytale can express a multi-dimensional worldview and the potential for a more complex idea of reality," (p. 69.)