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    The 1812 fairy tale of “Hansel and Gretel” written by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm is a fairytale that has been told for multiple generations to young children. This fairytale has become a classic throughout time. Over the last couple of years‚ the fairytale has emerged once again with several new film adaptation one of the most recent “ Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters” which geared towards a horror movie approach(Lecture notes 4/13/2017). Although the story of Hansel and Gretel may not be

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    Characters A. The Hero – Lord Raglan in The Hero: A Study in Tradition‚ Myth‚ and Drama contends that this archetype is so well defined that the life of the protagonist can be clearly divided into a series of well-marked adventures‚ which strongly suggest a ritualistic pattern. Raglan finds that traditionally the hero’s mother is a virgin‚ the circumstances of his conception are unusual‚ and at birth some attempt is made to kill him. He is‚ however‚ spirited away and reared by foster parents

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    Stylistic and Linguistic Analysis of a Literary Text Using Systemic Functional Grammar Noriko Iwamoto Q M.A.K.Halliday + Q Q QQ Q Q Q QQQ Q Q Q Q transitivity Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q QQ Q Q Q QQQ Q Q QQ Q Q Q QQQ Q Q Q Q Q Q Q the ideational function Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q QQ QQ Q Key words : functional grammar ; transitivity ; stylistics ; narrative ; gender +. Introduction This article explores the relationship between linguistic structures and socially constructed

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    A Fantasy Fairy Tale Wedding Royalty and Romance: aren’t these at the heart of every union? It’s no wonder that the fairytale wedding also known as “Happily Ever After” or “Dreams Do Come True‚” to name just two – never goes out of fashion. You have thought about it since you were a little girl. When playing dress-up‚ you may have even dressed as a princess‚ a bride‚ a fairy tale heroine or maybe Cinderella. You pictured yourself and dreamed about being swept by your prince charming. Though now

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    ‘Shrek’ The fairy tale is one of the most common and worldwide types of children’s entertainment through centuries. According to Marcia R. Lieberman‚ the effects are gargantuan‚ as she relates: “Children learn behavioral and associational patterns‚ value systems‚ and how to predict the consequences of specific acts or circumstances. Among other things‚ these tales present a picture of sexual roles‚ behavior‚ and psychology‚ and a way of predicting outcome or fate according to sex‚ which is important

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    Exploring Archetypes in Short Stories Archetypes are recurring symbols‚ characters‚ landscapes‚ or events found in myths and literature across different cultures and eras that help us organize events into categories. There are three main types of archetypes which include situational‚ character‚ and symbolic. All three are easily relatable to. Firstly‚ an example of a unhealable wound in a situational archetype can be found with Mrs. Maloney in “Lamb to the Slaughter.” An example of a scapegoat

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    My group is the next to the tee and I can’t stop thinking about how I’m going to hit this first shot. I worry about hitting the ball out-of bounds on the first hit and being down strokes on the first hole. The first group finishes hitting and begins to walk off the tee‚ I watched how they hit and two of them hit in the fairway and the third person hit it in the rough on the right. Then as my group waited to tee off we flipped the tee to see the order of who teed off. The first person that is going

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    In fairy tales and literature‚ they all have a common archetype which is setting. Every fairytale has a different setting‚ but in Cinderella‚ Snow White‚ and Sleeping Beauty they all have a common setting. The common setting of these fairy tales are the forest and the castle. In “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” when the Queen tries to kill Snow White. “...she ordered one of her huntsmen to take Snow White into the forest and kill her... He told her to run into the woods and never return.”(Buchholtz)The

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    ago has similar plot structures and themes of modern literature? These recurring ideologies are not pure coincidences; they have symbolic meaning and have been traced to the depths of unconsciousness‚ having been recently categorized into archetypes. Archetypes are a development of psychologist‚ Carl Jung‚ referring to a pattern of character types‚ images‚ descriptive details‚ and situations that find their way from our minds‚ to our literature‚ and to our lives. This idea of predisposed mental

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    Little Red Cap All too often we see fairy tales depicting one-dimensional characters put in difficult situations. This creates an almost eerie continuity between all fairy tales as we see similar situations played out again and again by even more similar characters. Little Red Cap is no exception‚ especially when looking at gender roles. Sexually innocent and unknowing of the world‚ Little Red Cap can be unsuitably titled our heroine of the story. Throughout the tale‚ what seems to be a primarily female

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