Author Archives: dgraffeo

Over my time in the Folk Tales: Secrets & Sorcery class, I’ve come to realize that fairy tales do matter because their lessons are timeless. When we read them as children, we were able to derive lessons from them like … Continue reading →

Illustrator Arthur Rackham was born in London, England, on September 19, 1867. He was the fourth of twelve children of a middle-class family. Rackham began drawing at a very young age; he would smuggle art supplies to his bedroom and … Continue reading →

One aspect of Charles Perrault’s “Cinderella” that is prevalent in our world today is the topic/theme of female empowerment.  In Perrault’s version, Cinderella’s mother is deceased; her father has married an evil woman (Cinderella’s stepmother), and both she and her … Continue reading →