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The word fairy brings to mind an image of Disney's Tinker Bell, a tiny, glowing supernatural being, who zips through the air with tiny wings. I chose to do my blog over fairies because the origins of fairies are interesting, making them more complex than what Disney allows them to be. My interest in fairies comes from a famous Romantic Era ballet entitled Giselle. Giselle is a story of a peasant girl who fell in love with a noble boy. The noble boy cheated on the peasant girl. The peasant girl found out and died a virgin. The peasant girl turned into a willy, a dancing fairy that dances men to death. Giselle served as a contrast for me, showing the differences between how fairies were depicted in the past in different cultures and how fairies are depicted in our culture.