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“Tabloid Tales” invites us to understand ourselves through the archetypal motifs and symbols used in the tales we are all familiar with. In the works that scrutinize pathological elements in tales, it seeks to explore the dark aspects of our collective self through disturbing, limit-experiences. Our reactions when things go wrong often provide the most accurate references to our personality. These reactions are impulsive and likely reflect similar behaviors exhibited by our ancestors in the moments of fear. Klein emphasized that the concept of evil arises from the “Death Instinct” and said that people may have a tendency towards malevolence in the face of any external threat. According to Klein, human beings' fundamental conflict arises from oscillating between emotions such as love and hate, compassion and destruction. Moreover, Klein's assertion that evil and sadistic feelings are inside everyone shows us the underlying impulse even seemingly good characters in tales do evil to others. Ursula K. Le Guin, on the other hand, states that evil in fairy tales does not appear diametrically opposed to goodness, but is inextricably intertwined with it. “In the fairy tale, though there is no "right" and "wrong," there is a different standard, which is perhaps best called "appropriateness." Under no conditions can we say that it is morally right and ethically virtuous to push an old lady into a baking oven. But, under the conditions of fairy tale, in the language of the archetypes, we can say with perfect conviction that it may be appropriate to do so. Because, in those terms, the witch is not an old lady, nor is Gretel a little girl. Both are psychic factors, elements of the complex soul. Gretel is the archaic child-soul, innocent, defenseless; the witch is the archaic crone, the possessor and destroyer, the mother who feeds you cookies and who must be destroyed before she eats you like a cookie, so that you can grow up and be a mother too.”

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Size:55.1 W x 77.6 H x 2 D in

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