Philosophical Reviews: Donkey's Skin

 

The philosophical theme of the fairy story "Donkey's skin" is the possibility that only the monarchy can break the moral laws and be blessed by God.

A king decided to marry her daughter, according to the moral laws she was destined to become the wife of his father, but through a

subterfuge aided by her stepmother she managed to escape from her destiny.

My philosophical dilemma: is marriage a limitation of her independence?