What is a fairy tale written about
In the story of the American writer N.Hawthorne's brother and sister go out for a walk after a snowfall and make themselves a little sister. Their father does not believe that the baby is a living snow figure. He wants to warm her up, takes her into a hot house, and thereby destroys her.
The Snow Maiden is a favorite winter fairy tale forchildrenPhoto: Getty In the collection A.N. Afanasyev was printed Russian fairy tale. In it, childless old men blinded a daughter from the snow. In the spring, she began to mourn, with each passing day becoming more and more sad. Grandfather and woman told her to go play with her friends, and they persuaded them to jump over the fire. In the play A.N. Ostrovsky the daughter of Frost and Spring-Krasny appears on the land of Berendeys and must melt from the sun's rays when she finds love. A stranger, not understood by anyone, she dies during a holiday. People around her quickly forget about her, having fun and singing.
The essence of the tale
Fairy tales are based on ancient myths and customs.Previously, to bring spring closer, they burned a Maslenitsa effigy - a symbol of the departing winter. In the play, Snegurochka becomes a victim who must save from bad weather and crop failure. Saying goodbye to the cold is fun. In the folk tale, the friends are not too sad when parting with the snow girl.
Value for kids
A fairy tale is a way of explaining that everythingits time. One season is always replaced by another. It happens that in late spring the snow still lies in the shade and in forest ravines, there are summer frosts. In ancient times, boys and girls lit fires and jumped over them. They believed that the warmth of the fire would finally drive away the cold. Snow Maiden managed to survive the spring, but still melted in the middle of summer.
What does the tale teach?
Today we find another in the magical storymeaning, we explain the phenomena of our life with its help. It is often difficult for parents to understand the uniqueness of their child, to accept him. They forget that his birth is wonderful in itself. The old man and the old woman were happy to find a daughter, but now they need her to become like everyone else and play with other girls. The Snow Maiden is a fragment of a fairy-tale world, a beautiful piece of ice. People want to explain the miracle, find a use for it, adapt it to life. They strive to make it close and understandable, warm it up, disenchant it. But by removing the spell, they destroy the magic itself. In N. Hawthorne's fairy tale, a girl created by thin children's fingers for beauty and fun dies in the rough hands of a practical and reasonable adult. "The Snow Maiden" is a touching and sad story about the laws of time and the need to follow the laws of nature. It talks about the fragility of magic, about beauty that exists simply for the sake of it, and not to bring benefit.
