Folk Tale

This paper focuses on Aarne-Thompson most recognized work in fiction “Cinderella”. This paper provides a critical analysis on Aarne- Thompsons work and the fact that Folklorists have rated fairy tales in various ways.

This thesis stresses on the argument that among the most notable fairy tales are the classification systems of Aarne-Thompson and Vladimir Propp's morphological analysis.

This is based on the argument that other folklorists have interpreted the meaning of stories, but have not established any permanent school for the meaning of stories.

One of the most complex and popular is the Type Index of Aarne-Thompson, for classifying folk ...