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    and how these two approaches explain the psychological distress experienced by individuals. In Part 2‚ reflect on and write about which of the two models appeals most to you and why. In this assignment I will describe and explain how the cognitive-behavioural approach to counselling reflects behaviour as learned. I will explore how the cognitive-behavioural approach describes dysfunctional thinking as the cause of psychological distress. I intend to explore how the person-centred models of

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    stories about a girl in distress. "Aschenputtel"‚ written by the Brothers Grimm‚ is a fairytale that tells about a depressed girl who lives with her oblivious father and an evil stepfamily. Countless versions of this story has been retold all over the world; "Cinderella" is one of these stories. Disney’s "Cinderella" and the Brothers Grimm’s "Aschenputtel" are two tales that are similar because they both possess a missing slipper‚ an evil stepfamily‚ and a damsel in distress. "Cinderella"

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    other movie created for entertainment‚ it is a satirical critique of the archetypes involved in a fairytale. While in many fairytales we have a knight‚ a damsel in distress‚ a partner‚ and a villain‚ Shrek changes things up by manipulating our stereotype of these characters. Our usual knight in armor is a smelly‚ heartless ogre. The damsel in distress is not much of a mannered lady and changes her pretty human shape at nights. The partner‚ the knight’s companion‚ is in denotation and connotation of an

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    of the many. The Damsel in Distress has become one of the most widely used gender clichés and misrepresentations of women in the history of gaming. As a trope the Damsel in Distress is a plot device in which a female character is placed in a perilous situation from which she cannot escape on her own and must be rescued by a male character‚ usually providing a core incentive or motivation for the protagonist quest. This essay will examine how women portrayed as damsels in distress are seen as powerless

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    Title: A damsel in Distress. By P.G Wode House. 5 lines about author: 1. Pelham Grenville Wodehouse ( 15 Oct 1881-14 Feb 1975) was an English humorist‚ whose body of work includes novels‚ short stories‚ plays‚ poems‚ song lyrics and numerous pieces of journalism. 2. He wrote more than 90 novels and some 300 short stories over 73 yrs. 3. He is widely recognized as the greatest 20th century writer of humor in the English novels. 4. One of the awards he received is the Mark

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    The Petrarchan sonnet‚ just like the concept of a damsel in distress‚ is a very traditional and strict form of sonnet. It could be speculated that Millay uses this traditional form just to break rules even more by writing something that defies so much from traditional thinking. Another thing to note about Millay’s

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    “Cinderella” followed a traditional archetype. The main character‚ Cinderella‚ can be fit into three different archetypes: innocent‚ damsel in distress‚ and an outcast. Cinderella can be classified as an innocent because she has never done wrong to anyone‚ even staying positive when getting bullied by her stepmother and sisters. She can also be classified as a damsel in distress and as an outcast as she does not fit in with her family‚ she gets stuck being mistreated by her stepmother and sisters

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    Collin Black Gothic Literature Gothic literature has a very distinct style of literature comprising of 10 key elements. Gothic literature has 10 key elements which include setting‚ environment‚ atmosphere‚ protagonists‚ emotions‚ damsels in distress‚ foreboding‚ supernatural‚ decay‚ and drama. Every piece of gothic literature contains all of a majority of these elements. Nathanial Hawthorne’s short stories‚ Dr.Heidegger’s Experiment‚ The Black Veil‚ and Birthmark‚ contain many of these elements

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    innovative gothic genre with his poem “Christabel”. The poem “Christabel” is a two part poem containing numerous gothic elements‚ paired with various literary devices to convey a vampire-esque theme. These gothic characteristics include the damsel in distress‚ the dark setting/nature‚ and Geraldine’s strange perversions. The poem contains symbolism‚ proper dialect‚ and personification which all help to convey the gothic theme and define the poem as a vampire poem. The vampire figure‚ Geraldine plays

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    Alice in Wonderland is a tale of Alice’s return to Wonderland‚ where she saves Wonderland and herself‚ defying her role as a young woman during the Victorian Era. Alice challenges the feminist theory by defying her social role as a damsel in distress. A damsel in distress is a stereotype commonly used in literature to describe a young‚ innocent woman waiting to be saved by her knight in shining armour. In Alice in Wonderland‚ Alice does not need a hero‚ simply because she portrays the hero herself

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