“I want to be a ballerina princess”. You see, the difference between a regular princess and a ballerina princess is the elegance. Ballerinas held an elegance and ferocity during performances that were sensational. On the other hand, Disney princesses always had their happy endings and by combining both, my goal was set. Soon enough, ballet performances and Disney movies about princesses clouded my practicality with absurd idealism.…
In Katharyn howd Machan’s poem “Hazel Tells LaVerne”, a maid at the Howard Johnsons Hotel finds a frog in the toilet. The frog tells the maid he could turn her into a princess. She does not believe him and proceeds to flush him down the toilet. This poem can be evaluated on its content, its literary techniques, and its relation to a fairytale.…
Once upon a time, in a Kingdom far far away, King Biscotti and Queen Pastries had a beautiful daughter named Princess Sweet. Princess Sweet possesses a beauty without equal. Many princes of the different lands truly admire her. In fact, Princess Sweet’s suitors are as many as her pearls and jewels.…
With many variations of fantasies, "Happily ever after" is reoccurring in every fairy tale. "Cinderella" by Anne Sexton is a different variation of the classic tale. The author sets up her version of Cinderella with four anecdotes sharing how others can go from poverty to riches or gritty reality to fantasy. Sexton changes her happily ever after ending by satirizing the message the story gives. By doing so, Sexton would like the reader to know the difference between a fairy tale and reality. Anne Sexton deconstructs the ending of her retold fairy tale by using sarcasm to change the reader's expectations of the story and myth.…
Remember back when you were three, and you would dress up in gown and place a crown on your head. You would run around and try to accomplish the princess wave like the one you saw Cinderella do at Disneyland. Being a princess is not exactly as you pictured it when you were three. They are still the same but as you grow older you start to understand a princess for what they really are.…
For the past several years, I have been a babysitter for a little girl by the name of Magnolia. She and I have developed a clockwork schedule of our time spent together. Four o'clock we play princesses, five o'clock we eat, six o'clock we play princesses again, and by eight o'clock I am reading a story to her while she drifts away dreaming of faraway kingdoms. My favorite part is always story time; when her little hands eagerly shove her now tattered copy of Cinderella into my own. I always suggest another story, perhaps the Velveteen Rabbit, or Rainbow Fish, but to her her bedtime story is not complete without a princess, a brave knight, and a happy ending. These once upon a time’s are all that dominate…
Choose any one or two stories from the collection and explore how Carter uses language to present any two non-human characters.…
Many fairytales of the past convey themes of a traditional nature- good versus evil, love lost, and love found. While these older tales are often interesting and relatable, the fairytales of today have begun to create new themes and convey more contemporary schools of thought. The author Amiee Bender displays this latter change in storytelling in the short story, “The Healer.” This story tells of the challenges of being unique and average, degree of emotion, and using one’s talents and gifts.…
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 speaker uses a nonchalant tone, graphic imagery, and repetitive similes to critique the cultural misconception of what happiness truly means.…
As you travel across Canada it is very evident that the people there have retained their cultural independence through food. Many Canadian food includes poutine, maple syrup, peameal bacon, cod tongues, yellow pea soup, smoked meat sandwiches, cipaille, and butter tarts. Poutine, Canada's national dish, is fries/fried potatoes topped with cheese curds and gravy. Renowned for the Nigeria wine producing region, peameal bacon, cheddar and goat cheeses, Ontario is a great province for Canada. The prairies and midwest are mostly known for growing rice, wheat and beef production. The best food locations in Canada are Vancouver, and Toronto. No matter where you are in Canada you will always find restaurants, grown produce, artisan breads, cheeses…
Everyone knows and loves the fairytale “Cinderella” where Cinderella starts out as a maid, wearing nothing but rags, and doing nothing but chores. She desires to go to this ball, but her nasty stepmother sends her to work right away, without allowing her to go. Fortunately for Cinderella, her fairy Godmother transforms her into a beautiful princess and lets her go to the ball, where she meets the price of her dreams. He is astonished by her beauty and in the end of the fairytale they fall in love. Everyone is fascinated by Cinderella’s story but one may not realize who is truly the reason for Cinderella’s good fortune. Without the help of her fairy godmother ensuring that everything worked out for Cinderella in the end, she never would have…
In today’s society, we wonder if there is a stop to this feminist action of princesses. “As with most literary genres of children’s literature, the fairy tale was never told or written explicitly for children, nor is this the case today,” (Oxford University Press 2006). Fairy tales change over time because people don’t want to pervert or destroy children’s minds. For example, there are over 700 versions of Cinderella according to, Sheldon Cahdan, in The Witch Must Die.…
However, most of them highlight the negative impacts of the ‘Princess Ideal’ left on young children’ mind; especially on the young girls. Snow White’s fair and white skin color don’t only attract more boys, but it also becomes a dream for girls trying to look like these princess’. Consequently, girls with the dark skin lose their confidence. In this regard, the animated fairy tales are prime example. Snow White, being one of the favorite Disney princess' of children these days, has changed a lot in the last twenty years. Intentionally or unintentionally, the Disney princess is teaching young girls that all the value is of their beauty; and with this beauty, they can dream of having a handsome prince. Paradoxically speaking, this thought does not give any good reason to the less beautiful girls to love themselves as they’ve fear of not being able to attract any prince charming. Hence, beauty is invariably prominent and…
When I was younger, I’ve always had a fairy-tale like dream about my future. To marry my prince, have a fairy Godmother, be a princess… But now, all of that has changed. I’ve realised how hard life is now; that life cannot be like a fairy-tale. What you want can’t happen just like that. I want something more realistic, practical and down to Earth. I can’t put faith in my fairy Godmother; I have to work for my goals. Magic isn’t going to help everything.…
A review of the system for the delivery of Criminal Justice services in the U.S. and an analysis of operational practices at the major criminal justice decision stages. Criminal Justice majors must pass with a "C" or better.…