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This research paper was inspired by the fairy tales that the researchers grew up with as children, and the contrasting feminist perspective provided by the contemporary retellings of those same fairy tales, that the researchers read as adults. The aim of this paper is to examine the regressive nature of select classic fairy tales that generations have grown up with by exploring the recurring tropes of the Damsel in Distress and Knight in Shining Armour that reinforce gender roles and other orthodox societal norms that go against the tenets of feminism. This paper also examines the reasons behind the choice of contemporary fairy tales for this paper and examines feminist features and how they complement modern society. There has been a huge impact of the classic fairy tales on generations that have grown up conditioned to the patriarchal norms found in such tales. It is only recently that there has been a movement against such classic fairy tales being circulated without making any changes even though feminism has been on the rise and times have changed. Hence, the researchers have expressed the need to revolutionise the classic fairy tales with ideas that are all-inclusive and empowering.