perspective. The story itself focuses on the comedic romance between his master and a woman who the master fell in love with at first. Within the short story, a variety of conventions which fit the stereotypical fairytale have been used by the narrator.
Within Puss in Boots, the characters are represented via stock characters,which summarised by Propp’s theory, are the typical norm character representations for a fairy tale.And in this case, the narrator adds further emphasis upon the For example, the establishment of the damsel in distress character via the use of the metaphor ‘A princess in a tower..Dragon-guarded’ By describing the young woman with the noun ‘princess’ the narrator has segregated her to the stereotypical damsel in distress role, characterising her as one who
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The princess status further enhances the sense of fairytale magic, the version of the princess the narrator is implementing is outdated to the 21st century as modern representations of royalty do not come ‘dragon guarded’. In another perspective, the hyperbole within the metaphor of a ‘tower’ highlights the futility the love between the characters are. She is beyond his level, high up and isolated whilst he must simply watch her from above. This in turn establishes the conventions of a fairytale romance as the male character, (heroin, stereotypical male ideology of men being the hero, strong character) must climb that tower to have their love fulfilled whilst the young woman remains the damsel in distress. Linking into this, the male heroism representation is evident via use of adjectives throughout the short story such as ‘proud’ which further exerts power and thus representations associated with the male stereotype. Additionally, the idea of the stock characters used within the short story to suit the conventions of a stereotypical fairy tale romance has been further used to describe the hag as a ‘Dragon’. The hag has been portrayed as a