Disney’s Drama English 310 October 10‚ 2013 Cinderella: Perrault’s Powerful Purpose vs. Disney’s Dramatized Dream Growing up I can remember how I felt after watching the Cinderella story. Inspired by the rags-to-riches fairy tale‚ I can remember hoping that maybe someday I could be like Cinderella. I never imagined the story I knew all-too-well would have been dramatically altered from its original version. Though the lesson remains the same‚ comparisons reveal numerous
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Not So Happily Ever After Growing up‚ children become fascinated with the ideas they encounter all around them. Stories they have read in books‚ fairy tales they have seen on television; its inevitable for children to create this so called idea of “happily ever after” in their minds‚ because that is all they have been accustomed too. “Cinderella‚” being a perfect example‚ has created this facet of stumbling upon prince charming and living happily ever after. In Anne Sexton’s “Cinderella‚” the
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Literary and/or oral fiction have been sources of entertainment‚ for people of all ages‚ ever since the earliest human civilizations. However‚ fictional stories were often written for purposes other than entertainment value. Many narratives‚ though fictional‚ were created to give the reader‚ many times children‚ direction regarding principles consistent in human interactions—wisdom‚ in a nutshell. This can be shown in stories‚ such as those that were collected and/or written by the Grimm brothers
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From Rags to Riches: That Story From a young age‚ young girls read stories and fairy tales about how the beautiful girl meets Prince Charming. They get married‚ and live happily ever after. This idea for girls‚ that one day they will meet their knight in shining armor and live a happy life together‚ is a warped view of the real world. That will also make their expectations somewhat higher about what their dream guy will be like when they do meet him. Anne Sexton’s‚ “Cinderella”‚ can be analyzed
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society‚ there is a dependency on having a lower class in order to maintain the higher class. Since Cinderella’s stepfamily has a lot of money and she has nothing‚ they maintain their economic status by demoting her to slavery. In the beginning of the fairy tale after her mother dies‚ her father remarries to maintain his economic status. Cinderella is unfortunate when soon after his death she is plunged into poverty. Throughout the story‚ her stepfamily continues to live in luxury while keeping Cinderella
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Just like how books written today reflect our modern day cultures and mindsets‚ trickster tales emulate the culture of the society they originated in. These stories often teach a lesson‚ showing the ideals of the society through the moral the story presents to the reader. Although the trickster tales “How Stories Came to Earth‚” “Coyote Steals Fire‚” and “Master Cat: Puss in Boots” come from three very different parts of the world and cultures‚ they have similarities as well as differences. While
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Japan. This woman narrates her experiences and observations of Japanese culture‚ and portrays the low placement of women in Japanese society. Much of the language Carter uses to describe the narrator’s Japanese lover is magical and linked to fairy tales. The narrator muses over her relationship and portrays her lover as a mysterious‚ almost unreal creature‚ using words such as “pixy” and “goblin”. Goblins are associated with evil and mischief and the narrator compares her lover to one because of
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(representing innocence); the state of the child’s future is dependent upon the adults before her‚ and she must bear the consequences of their choices. Ofelia is a young girl who is fascinated with fairy tales‚ and is constantly reading. The film begins by describing the tale of Princess Moanna‚ one of the fairy tale books that Ofelia is reading. The story explains that the princess’s father is the king of the underworld‚ and she eventually becomes curious about the world above. Thus‚ she decides to leave
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In James Poniewozik’s the “The Princess Paradox”‚ he presents an article on modern fairy tales providing strong feminist themes backed with evidence from recent films depicting these tails. While his point that women should be princess like‚ strong‚ as well as independent is clearly stated‚ his erratic sequence of evidence and casual tone takes away from his overall credibility. With unorganized evidence and a hard to read tone it is difficult to take the article seriously. In the author’s article
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Short Stories’ is a collection of tales from the nineteen hundreds. This essay will concentrate on just one of these stories. It will include a thorough analysis of the story including my views and opinions towards the language‚ imagery and setting that the author uses. The story I have chosen to analyse is ’The Nightingale and the Rose’‚ by Oscar Wilde. This is one of many children’s stories that he wrote‚ as he is well known to have ’used the form of fairy tale to reflect on modern life and to
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