sorry about the late addition, I was figuring out the blog. Anyway, this is my response the prompt below:

When looking at both critics, while they both offer stronger points than the other in various facets of what a fairy tale offers, Bettelhelm seems to offer a truer read on the function of fairy tales. He offers logical reasoning behind, first, what a fairly tale includes, and then, how the fairy tale functions. In looking at how a fairy tale functions, Bettelhelm examines the positive effects they have on children, while Darnton focuses on critically analysing the progression of the fairy tale. For Darnton, this doesn't allow him to look at the fairy tale and its actual function of today, but rather just that a fairly tale is not what it once was. Thus, Bettelhelm's approach of looking at a fairy tale as a tool for children's education lended a better understanding of what a fairy tale is.