Jared Morisue-Lesser Zachary Dilbeck Composition II 10 March 2024 Fairytale Textual Analysis My fairytale is about a girl named Rose who wasn’t pleased with her life. She felt bored and dull from the monotony and wished to travel elsewhere to find joy and fulfillment. She wandered around her house when she stumbled upon a portal in her basement. She walked through the portal and met a boy named Marin, who was stuck in this new magical land with her.…
In the Grimm Brother’s tale of “Rumpelstiltskin”, lived a poor miller who had a beautiful daughter. When he crossed paths with a King, the miller tried to get friendly with him by telling the King about how his beautiful daughter could spin straw into gold. The King who was greedy at heart took the daughter, and brought her to a room where he gave her a day to spin straw into gold. If not she would be sentenced to death. Breaking down into tears, fearing for her life, a little man opened the door to where the daughter was.…
Fairy tales are a source of wonder and awe for children of all ages. Every culture all around the world has favorite assorted fairy tales and fables that help herd children into young adults. As those children grow into adults, often times those stories stay with the adults that were once so affected by these tales. Many authors have taken advantage of sentimental value these fairy tales have and updated them to cater to a young adult audience which is the case with Alex Flinn’s Beastly. Beastly is a modern retelling of Beauty and The Beast which was originally published in the 18th century by a French novelist. In Beastly, Kyle Kingsbury is an entitled, handsome, and popular high schooler who plays a prank on an outcast. The outcast reveals herself to be a witch and casts a spell on Kyle until he can find someone who loves him in return within two years or he…
“...if the child could only believe that it is the infirmities of his age which account for his lowly position, he would not have to suffer so wretchedly from sibling rivalry, because he could trust the future to right matters. When he thinks that his degradation is deserved, he feels his plight is utterly hopeless. Djuna Barnes’s perceptive statement about fairy tales-- that the child knows something about them which he cannot tell (such as that he likes the idea of Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf being in bed together)-- could be extended by dividing fairy tales into two groups: one group the child responds only unconsciously to the inherent truth of the story and thus cannot tell about it; and another large number of tales where the child preconsciously or even consciously knows what the ‘truth’ of the story consists of and thus could tell about it,but does not want to let on that he knows.” (The Uses of Enchantment, Bruno Bettelheim, chapter 29: Cinderella, pg. 239.)…
Fairy tales should illustrate more than what meets the eye. It should incorporate certain elements, which can aid in the development to healthy growth of a childhood. In “Fairy Tales and the Existential Predicament,” Bruno Bettelheim discusses the importance of fairy tales and the elements they should contain in order to fully connect with a child reading a particular fairy tale. Bettelheim considers a successful fairy tale to be one, which fulfills a child’s psychological needs and promotes his/her development. The Grimm brother’s structure of their fairy tale in Little Red Cap (LRC) was different in certain points than Charles…
The original fairy tale is about three little pigs who all build houses, the first one of straw, the second one of sticks, and the third one of bricks. After these houses are built, a wolf comes and blows down the straw and stick houses, eating the pigs within. However, when the wolf comes to the third pig’s house of bricks, he is unable to blow it down and eat the third little pig. The wolf tries to trick the third pig into leaving his house, but after failing multiple times he tries to enter the house through the chimney. When he comes down the chimney, he is greeted by a pot of boiling water and is cooked to death, after which the third little pig eats the wolf.…
These days most fairy tales are told through a Disney filter of happiness and song. Reading the much darker original Grimm's Fairy…
Fairytales: when someone says that word, the first thing that might come up in your mind is probably kid’s reading Cinderella. Fairytales’ simplicity and accuracy in delivering a moral to young kids and adults is wonderful. We’d give an adult a eerie look if we caught them reading a kids book on the train to themselves. The reason behind our thought is cause it’s a kids book why would an adult read it but behind all this is the difference of interpreting stories for adults and children. Stories like Juniper Tree, Snow White, and Little Red Cap include hidden messages through violence and imagery and dialogue. Fairy tales teach children how to grasp the meaning and power behind storytelling. In this paper I will discuss the vast ways in which a child and adult interpret fairytales. Its…
Unlike most fairy tales, "Beauty and the Beast" has been a traditional tale where there are two paths to be developed in which Beauty faces challenges and the transformation that is sustained by Beast. Therefore, this shows how two opposing allegorical characters resolve their differences in joining wedlock. The version of "Beauty of the Beast" by Madame de Beaumont shows how Beauty 's happiness is found on her abstract quality of good features. In this version, Madame de Beaumont not only stresses the importance of obedience and self-denial but advocates the transformative power of love and the importance of valuing oneself over appearances. Madame de Beaumont not only shows that looks make a woman happy but character, virtue, and kindness…
The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tale, starts off by telling you that Cinderella mother has died and her father remarried. With his new a wife and two new step…
“Beauty and the Beast” is a classic fairy tale that has been retold through various media such as oral storytelling, written short story, opera, film and musical theatre. With each rendition the story is given a new perspective and a focus on different elements for the reader/audience to consider. In 1946 Jean Cocteau adapted Madame Leprince de Beaumont’s written short story of “Beauty and the Beast” for the film, Beauty and the Beast, starring Jean Marais and Josette Day. Each of these versions offers their own unique approach to the tale and have become classics in their own right. De Beaumont’s story was written so as to have it read and enjoyed by adults and children, whereas Cocteau’s film is aimed primarily at…
Anne Sexton’s “Cinderella” illuminates the unrealistic and prejudiced stereotypes in age-old fairy tales, stereotypes inadvertently etched on the minds of millions of children. Sexton uses a conversational tone that remains oblivious to the initial hardships of the “rags to riches” maiden to highlight the insignificance and passiveness of women and the influential and dominant character of men. She conveys to the world’s audience of fairy tale lovers the blatant inequality in “Cinderella,” showing that this model fairy tale simply does not add up to be “happily ever after.”…
The Grimm brother’s father was a successful lawyer, who died in 1796. After their father’s death, the Grimm brothers were left with all the household responsibilities. As the two eldest of six children, Jacob and Wilhelm became very mature and helped their family by taking all the responsibilities. They were very creative and intelligent. They used their intelligence and creativity for studies and writing. The Brothers Grimm wrote hundreds of fairy tales in their lifetime by using their own childhood experiences as reference. Because of the hard life they faced growing up, they faced many problems but were able to overcome them with their writing. The main purpose of the fairytale is to teach life lessons and themes which will help us in future. A common theme in fairy tales is that the princess is dominated by the terrible step mother and step sisters. Another theme that is common in fairy tales is that “Do good and good will come to you” and last but not the least “Girl Power”. Fairytales that have those reoccurring themes are Snow white, Cinderella, Beauty and the…
Behrens, Laurence, and Leonard J. Rosen. “Fairy tales: a closer look at cinderella” “Writing and…
For many generations, the fairy tales, loved by many, have been passed down from relatives and friends, being shared and retold by one individual to the next. Growing and evolving as the years go by, these stories live on through readers’ lives. The deep connection between the timeless tales and the lives of people accentuates its need to exist in society. These fairy tales mold and shape people’s own stories and are a reflection of what individuals experience and encounter. During times when one feels lost and disoriented, fairy tales are a tool of navigation; they unveil a path and guide one down it. Not only do these tales provide insight to oneself, they impart an educational source to children and individuals in society. They spark and…