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Abstract
It is a well-established fact that while representing the experience of reality at the experiential level, a text also communicates attitudes, emotions and feelings at the interpersonal level. To ascertain the nature of these attitudes, emotions and feelings in a text might be quite significant and useful. The present research paper is a minor attempt in this regard. By using the theoretical framework of the Appraisal system, it analyses the polarity of emotional content in the selected fairy tales in order to discover the nature of feelings and emotions being instilled in the minds of young readers through the texts of popular culture.