Blog Entry 4


To achieve success or riches with magic or marriage really depends on how you define success. In fairy tales, due to the patriarchy present, success is generally interpreted as marriage to a prince or a climb in the social hierarchy. So with this definition of success, it is true that people can achieve success or riches with magic or marriage. However, if referring to real-life success which can mean anything from getting the job you wanted to having a family and children then it is a bit more complex. In this case, nothing is really achieved with magic or marriage. Magic isn’t real and marriage doesn’t mean that you have achieved success in life. 
There are many true stories around about how people went from being dirt poor to billionaires (rags to riches). This generally has been through hard work and a little bit of luck. Now it could be said that luck is the real-life version of magic. Luck gives us that little boost that we need now and then or it kicks us down a few notches. It is luck that people are born into wealthy or famous families and luck that nudges us in different directions in life. 
It is good that society has moved on past marriages and magic being part of achieving success and riches. We now have other more achievable things connected to success such as an education, hard work, inventiveness, individuality and maybe just a little bit of luck. Everyone should be able to achieve success in their lives and breaking out from the terms of magic and marriage allows that to happen.




Sources for images:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/84653667975544988/
https://princess.disney.com/cinderellas-story
https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-be-successful-make-your-own-luck-1519921269

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