Aaron Sobieszczyk 9/23/11 World Comp The goat vs. the Bambino Chicago‚ also known as the Windy City‚ has a population of about 2 million people and is located in Illinois. There they are home to the beloved Chicago Cubs. Boston‚ also known as Beantown‚ consists of a population of nearly 600‚000 people and is located in Massachusetts. They are home to the beloved Boston Red Sox. Both these cities have interesting nicknames but other interesting similarities as well. Not only are these
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the Sea Mermaids‚ witches‚ and parallel universes are a part of human creativity that’s told all over the world for various reasons. Most people today are familiar with the modern version of most fairy tales‚ and don’t know the dark origins behind these kid-friendly stories. The original versions have deeper‚ malevolent meanings behind them; while modern tales are more positive‚ and inspirational. This happens especially in Disney’s adaption of Hans Christian Andersen’s the Little Mermaid. Disney’s
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The Little Mermaid I’ve never realized that Disney’s The Little Mermaid was not an original Disney character/story‚ though this shouldn’t have been a surprise since Disney’s princesses all come from stories developed by people outside of Disney. Like Disney they take someone’s original story and add so much more to them to make them appropriate and more appealing to children of all ages. Andersen and Disney both share the similar story lines when it comes to the main idea of the story. In both
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The Affection of Vanity; behind the scenes of “The Little Mermaid” and “The Wild Swans” I believe that the stories ”The Little Mermaid” and ”The Wild Swans” are fundamentally about vanity and the craving for self-satisfaction by main characters in each story. Hans Christian Andersen was born on the 2nd of April‚ 1805‚ in the city of Odense outside of Copenhagen in Denmark. He was a Danish author who wrote lyrical poems‚ fairy tales and novels. He was known as H.C. Andersen throughout the
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capability to transcend the original values of a text‚ recreating them for a modern day audience. The original texts of Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ and Bernard Shaw’s ‘Pygmalion’ expose the societal beliefs of the ‘ideal woman’ and the necessity to conform one’s self to meet these expectations. The protagonist in ‘The Little Mermaid’ finds the importance of changing herself to meet the expectations of the prince whereas ‘Eliza’ from ‘Pygmalion’ takes lessons from a nobleman in hope
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Designing Non-Human Characters Watch these videos of productions of The Lion King‚ Shrek the Musical‚ and The Little Mermaid and construct an opinion about what is successful and what is unsuccessful about each one. After reading through the chapters of the textbook I discovered that creating a character begins with the actors. The actors are the ones who have to be energetic and have the passion to protray the characters to the audience. I do agree with the statement that non-human characters
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Damaris Garcia Professor Winchester ENG – 010-21 November 26‚ 2013 The Myth of Mermaids Mermaids are a myth believed to begin centuries ago‚ in Greece‚ which people still think exist today. A mermaid is an upper body resembling a human and a lower body resembling a fish tail. People still believe mermaids exist today. Mermaids are believed to come from a myth started in Greece. They where first seen by the Arab and the Greek sailors during the medieval era. The myth started in Europe
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09-29-13 Mermaids A Myth or Reality For centuries‚ the myth of mermaids has swam around minds before computer or telephones exsisted. Different part of the World have been documenting mermaids for thousands of years starting with calligraphy writing to illustrations caputured by sailors in old fashioned journals. The recent article by Christie Wilson titled “Hoax Documentary Dredges Up Mermaids” is a summary of the recent Aminal Planet documentaries‚ “Mermaids the Body Found” and “Mermaids the New
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children wanting to be feminine and buy princess dress up clothes‚ toys etc. However‚ many of the princesses are treated like objects and their whole character plot is based around finding a Prince to marry and living ’Happily ever after’. They give little girls unrealistic expectations of looks‚ as they are drawn very unrealistically‚ therefore‚ this is an awful message to send to young girls on body image and loving yourself. However‚ more recently the princesses do have stronger personalities and
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November 2013 Mermaids: Myth or Fact What if I told you mermaids do exist? How would you react to a statement like that? What is a mermaid? Mermaids are legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids have dated back over hundreds of thousands of years ago. There have been alleged sightings all over the world. People have claimed to see half human and half fish creatures. Are mermaids a myth or a fact? Scientist think mermaids were creatures
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