Popular stories or fairytales?

Question

I have to write a story of at least 3pages in a different point of view of a popular story or fairytale. I want it to be original. So what story should I do and who should I have the point of view be?

Answer 1

I think its alway fun to take the point of view of the villian from any story and try to make them either sympathetic or just plain silly as they try to explain thier side of the story. I'm not sure this is entirely original but you can make it original by the stories you pick and what justification you give the villian for thier evil actions.

Another option would be to take what one would think is a minor character and show them doing all sorts of behind the scenes stuff that influenced the way the story goes. You could even in essence make this character totally up. Create a nosey neighbor or a pet of some sort that either on purpose or accident make things turn out the way they do.

Hope this was helfpul

Answer 2

You want it to be original, so you're asking someone else to tell you what to do?

Okay................

Unfortunately, the Wizard of Oz, Cinderella, and Snow White have been done, thanks to the wonderful Gregory Maguire.

The giantess from Jack and the Beanstalk. This little brat took advantage of her kindness, stole from her and her husband, then left her a widow, and everyone thinks HE'S the hero. His killing the giant was justified because the giant was wanting to eat him, but that would be about like a bug intruding in a home. He didn't belong there, and when the people who lived there didn't sympathize with him, he killed them. In Shelly Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre, they justify his actions by claiming the father was mysteriously killed, and all the belongings he stole from the giants were rightfully his. However, in the most basic and common telling of the story, he goes up there, is cared for by the giantess, steals from them (money, a harp that plays itself, a hen that lays golden eggs, etc.), then kills the giant. (I admit, this is based somewhat on Act 2 of Into the Woods)

Even though the story of the Wicked Witch has been told, and in the musical Wicked, Glinda's story is told, it could be interesting to take a theme from the novel and expand on the story of Glinda. In the novel of Wicked (and in the movie Wizard of Oz), despite how hard she tries, Dorothy can't take the shoes off, even though she tries. Why did Glinda give her the shoes, and what was the real reason she made it so they couldn't come off? Could it be the Wizard really was evil, she knew it, and she wanted to be assured the shoes made it out of the land of Oz completely???

If you think about it, most fairy tales begin with the hero or heroine having a selfish motive. Cinderella had to get to the party, but she didn't want the prince. Jack, as I mentioned, stole then killed. Little Red Riding Hood disobeyed. Snow White disobeyed. If you look at the main characters in that light, rather than how they are portrayed traditionally, it becomes easy to think of creative ways to make the villain not so bad, which is usually the most interesting way to retell a story, in my opinion. This is made easier by the absolutes these stories present. In real life, virtually no one is 100% bad (okay, virtually no one most of us would know), but that's how they're presented in children's stories. As Glinda the Good says, "Are people born wicked, or do they have wickedness thrust upon them? She had a father. She had a mother, as so many do." What are the motives for the so-called evil people in fairy tales? If the motives are truly bad, why did they turn bad?

For inspiration, you should listen to the soundtracks to Into the Woods and Wicked, try reading Once Upon a More Enlightened Time or Politically Correct Fairy Tales.

ALSO: Should you go with the aforementioned Hansel and Gretl thing, remember, it was the stepmother who kicked them out. The father would have been the worried one.

Answer 3

how about Hansel and Gretal, in that story you could write it from a number of views, from their mother who is frantically worried about them, from the witch who is determined to eat them, from either one of the children,who must be terrified and too young to really know what is going to happen to them .or from the bird who ate all the bread crumbs so they got lost in the first place.i think the birds point of view would be best. he can see and hear everything that is going on in the houseby sitting in the tree next to an open window.

Answer 4

I always thought Rumpelstiltskin would be a cool fairy tale to re-write, of course done from his perspective. Just my opinion.

Answer 5

i have no clue what so ever sorry