Comparison of the Heroines in The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood and The Lady of the House of Love

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Comparison of the Heroines in “The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood” and “The Lady of the House of Love”
Introduction
The sleeping beauty in the wood is a fairytale involving family, music, animation, and romance. It is based on the story of a young girl put asleep by a fairy and was written by Charles Perrault in 1950s. The narrative represents the society at which the girl is bonded to be saved by the strong prince as the wish of the majority of the girls at that period. On the other hand, “The Lady of the House of Love” is a narrative that explores the ideas of the way the society entrap women to certain constraints. The story provides solutions on how women could break out of the constrained routines created by society. The two stories present a comparable approach of addressing the heroin in the society with their significant roles in shaping the position of the woman in the society through overcoming societal norms and constraints as discussed herein.
In the story of “The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood,” women are depicted to be heroines through their perseverance to pain and patience. For instance, the good fairy made all the other objects in the palace to sleep until the wake of their mistress, which indicate patience. Women have grown to be heroes in the society whereby they present their services to the society during the period of need (Thackeray 2012). Sleeping Beauty has exposed the gender normative aspects of the earlier version, depicting the approach of the aspect of feminist minorities in society.
The Fairies in the Sleeping Beauty in the Wood are women who are involved in the political affairs of the kingdoms. This is a very strong aspect of women in society because as per the norm, women are never involved in political issues or running kingdoms. The fairies play a significant role in blessing the princes with the word of their mouth and gifts that they come with to the palace (Perrault, 1901). The act of bringing back to life the princes is a heroic act which indicates the significant role played by a woman's character in the form of the fiery in the tale.
The tale on the Lady of the House of Love, on the other hand, is a novel depicting a controversial idea of the role of women in the society, which present women as a week and constrained in the social norms which limit their roles and power. The reversed role of women in the society is presented in this tale through the Countess Nosferatu, a female vampire who sucks the blood of young men. This contradicts the traditional scenarios in which the male vampires feed on the female vampires to indicate the dynamics of the way of life, a situation which can be described as paradigmatic femme fatale. The woman in the Lady of the House of Love tale is seen to subvert the traditional role of women, which typically depicts women as tender and caring.
In this story, the female vampire occupies the role of a violent aggressor through seducing and killing men in the bloody chamber. The lady in the tale is characterized as ruthless and with strong dominion in her father’s empire; “She is the hereditary commandant of the army of shadows who camp in the village ...