Tatar
p. xvii
p. 43
compare Perrault and Grimm endings for Little Red Riding Hood
(Pavarotti, Dickens)
beast groom (King Kong)
search for lost husband
coming of age (Pride & Prejudice, Bride & Prejudice)
marriage as rape | abduction | rescue
patriarchy and property
father | senex
wise man/ wizard
fool/fearsome (Cronus)
"Two stock characters of theater are the senex amans, an old man unsuitably in love with a much younger woman, and the senex iratus, an old man who irrationally opposes the love of the young couple." Northrop Frye, Anatomy of Criticism, p 172 (wiki)
psychic participation
magical listening
Manil Suri: The Age of Shiva
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