Compare and Contrast Writing with Fairy Tales

Watch the video below and then complete the exercise.Ā 

1. What are the similarities between the following three Disney films:

Shrek, Moana and Little Mermaid

  • A. One similarity is that they are all characters who are seen as weak or strange at the beginning. They all fall into the category of underdogs.

  • B. Another similarity is….

2. What are the differences between them?

  • A. One difference is that two are of the same gender, female and one is male

  • B.

3. Why are all these three films important?

4. What do the stories tell us?

5. What are the important lessons?Ā 

6. How can we understand other cultures better by finding the similarities between fairy tales?