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I found the Darton essay more helpful. He completely eliminates the notion that they were made for children. The introduction that includes the grandmother fairy tale demonstrates the fairy tales were not for children with its subject matter. He points out that many of the authentic versions of the common fairy tales included raw brutality that was not masked making them very adult and inappropriate by Bettelheim's standards. The morals that Bettelheim suggests helps develop the mature child are transferred to adults. Adult women learn that marriage is not grand or that all men are not gentlemen. I also like that he makes fairy tales an adult tradition. He also mentions that fairy tales are historical documents routed in oral storytelling. Usually we image telling fairy tales to children at bedtime but Darton invites us to think of adults telling fairy tales to adults when he speaks of the oral origins of fairy tales. He suggests that the were told to other adults, who were sitting around the campfire after work. He suggests that they are the products of the culture and modified for the audience's benefit.