When Princesses Have Had Enough!!!!

 

 

It's very understandable that all those fairy tale princesses have had enough, but why do they take it out on Alice??? I think I know the answer to that: Being set up as images of patriarchal "dream girls" left most of them sort of "glued" to the spot without nothing else to wait, wait and WAIT for that damn, slow prince they had been told would "find and rescue them". Before he did, they were not allowed to do anything, but looking their best - whatever that is - and maybe also console themselves with too many sweets, thus ending up being even more "glued to the spot".

What else did she have to entertain herself with, but fattening and unhealthy food? Well, those animals who befriended her had their own life to see to and couldn't always be at her beck and call.

And then when that prince came, he turned out to be a thorough imbecile - actually a man-child or maybe even a clown! How could someone like that be "the man of her dreams"???? Had she not been living her dull Cinderella-life, she wouldn't have considered anybody like him, handsome or not.

I agree 100% with trick-corr-treat: She would have been better off without this weird prince. However, the myths, the legends and fairy tales tell little girls that someone like him is necessary to change their lives for something better - or just to get moving from that dull, prison like castle or tower. What use is it to let one's hair fall down to the ground like with Rapunzel when one is not allowed to follow it? It may look impressive, but to whom? That prince who has come to "rescue" one? What if Rapunzel doesn't like him, or he has a thing for brunettes, but not for blondes?

Yup, I fully understand why all those fairy tale princesses may be envious of Alice because they feel that she is allowed to live life to the full whereas they have to stay put until they are being "rescued". Just think of all the interesting persons she encountered when she entered that rabbit's hole!

 

It's not fair to take their envy out on Alice, but I must admit that I understand all those frustrated princesses. The boredom they endured must have been killing!