Prince Charming

Theme in storytelling, often used as a stock character

Prince Charming is a fairy tale stock character archetype who comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress and must engage in a quest to liberate her from an evil spell. This classification suits most heroes of a number of traditional folk tales, including "Snow White", "Sleeping Beauty", "Rapunzel", and "Cinderella" even if in the original story they were given another name, or no name at all. Elements of the Prince Charming character date at least back to Charles Perrault's Sleeping Beauty, published in 1697.

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