Su An Lin Professor Bender Arts and Letters 05/02/2012 Final Exam Short Answers 1. The Idea of Naming Unique names and titles contribute greatly to the success of fairytales. In classic fairytales‚ readers identify the protagonist as an icon‚ rather than a requisite to push the plot. Timeless “appellations‚” such as “Cinderella‚” “The Little Red Ridinghood‚” “Snow White‚” “Blue Beard‚” etc. inheritably connect to public impression. Nowadays‚ every name has a story behind it‚ and the name itself
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dull‚ too complex‚ and psychologically empty. For example‚ it is practically impossible to find any meaning within literature such as “See Dick. See Jane.” Nonetheless‚ fantasy restores this meaning within the reading process. As expressed by Bruno Bettelheim‚ author of The Uses of Enchantment‚ fantasy allows children to identify with heroes who ultimately win‚ offering confidence to believe that negative aspects in one’s life can be successfully dealt with. The Wizard of Oz is a leading example of
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play. Freud is said to have once remarked that a cigar sometimes is just a cigar‚ but psychoanalysts who write about fairy tales seem incapable of seeing them as just fantasies intended to entertain‚ instruct‚ and at times frighten young children. Bruno Bettelheim’s analysis of Little Red Riding Hood (LRRH)‚ in his book The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (1976) is a prime example of Freudian symbol searching. But first‚ a brief history of this famous fable. The story
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Grimm; “Beauty and the Beast” by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont; An essay “The Uses of Enchantment” by Bruno Bettelheim‚ they show and provide as evidence. In most of the fairy tales the main character ends up being separated from their parents/parent whether it was abandoned‚
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Fairy tales have been part of children’s culture for many years. They have been the favorite bed time stories and the doors to an alternate world of imagination. To some‚ fairy tales have been the key educational tool to teach children the values of life. To others they are parallel to our real lives and are therefore found to be relatable. Whichever the view is‚ fairy tales have been very significant in people’s lives and have ignited different opinions and views on the role that fairy tales play
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different ways in many diverse media outlets. In the following analyzed and critiqued essays by Bruno Bettelheim‚ Raymond Carver‚ and Jorge Luis Borges respectively: the theme of identity is conferred by the phases of establishment‚ alteration‚ uncertainty‚ and realization. The first essay to be analyzed is Bruno Bettelheim’s. In the essay “The Introduction to the Uses of Enchantment” by Bruno Bettelheim‚ the writer and psychologist discusses the number of functions that traditional and folk fairy
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had been killed. The European Jews were the major victims of the Holocaust. But Jews were not the only group singled out for persecution by Hitler’s Nazi regime. As many as one and a half million Gypsies‚ 250‚000 mentally or physically disabled persons‚ and more than three million Soviet prisoners of war also fell victim to Nazi genocide. In this section of reading we talk about the categories in which those in the camps fell into. There are victims and perpetrators and we see how the Jewish people
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P. J. O’Rourke‚ a journalist‚ and political satirist states‚ “everybody knows how to raise children‚ except the people who have them”. In other words‚ O’Rourke believes that everyone has an opinion of how children should be raised except for individuals who have children themselves. As a new mother of twin girls‚ I have learned that trial‚ and error are consequential in parenting. Trial‚ and error are major parts of parenting because we do not always know what we are doing or if what we are doing
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Predicament” by Bruno Bettelheim he argues that fairy tales help teach children more than parents do‚ since parents want to shelter children and only show them the sunny side of things. Fairy tales help them understand the existential predicaments one can face in life and shows that one can overcome anything that is thrown at them. In “Aschenputtel” by the brothers Grimm there’s this young girl that is expose to existential predicaments and shows the journey on overcoming them and Bettelheim will agree
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and can blend into pretty simple societies. While in other cases the children found by a young enough age that the children were able to get almost completely on track with the skills that other kids of the same age group were exhibiting. Bruno Bettelheim theorizes that some of these children can be seen as autistic children. However‚ an official diagnosis can never be applied to the cases. Based on the Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School’s‚ a laboratory of the University of Chicago‚ studies and
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