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    Cinderella Comparative paragraph Although both the 1989 movie adaptation of the fairy tale‚ Cinderella‚ and the Grimm Brothers’ text of Cinderella‚ tell a similar story‚ I prefer the excitement of the film because the pace of the movie is faster‚ the sense of humour adds obvious benefits‚ and the colours are very symbolic and vibrant. Firstly‚ the movie goes at a very fast pace. For instance‚ in the movie‚ Cinderella goes twice to the King’s three-day festival. However‚ in the text she goes

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    Cinderella’s mother dies‚ and her father remarries. Her stepmother‚ as well as her step sisters are beautiful‚ but have a black heart. Cinderella goes to her mother’s grave every day‚ prays and weeps. One day‚ her father asks what he should bring back from the town for the girls. The step sisters ask for dresses and pearls‚ while Cinderella asks for a branch from the tree that first hits him on his way home. Cinderella plants that branch and it grows into a beautiful tree‚ where a bird listens to

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    Experts say fairy tales not so happy ever after 8/27/12 9:14 PM Purdue News November 11‚ 2003 AUDIO Liz Grauerholz‚ sociology professor‚ talks about her Brothers Grimm fairy tale study that analyzed gender messages (42 seconds) Grauerholz discusses what parents should be aware of when their children read fairy tales. (43 seconds) Experts say fairy tales not so happy ever after WEST LAFAYETTE‚ Ind. – Fairy tales about pretty princesses winning Prince Charming are more harmful than parents

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    Conor Morrison Dec. 8‚ 2011 From Grimm to Gorgeous When we live in the world we live in‚ there will be conflict‚ confrontation‚ and a solution. Often times‚ when it is a matter of someone being offended‚ this results in censorship of whatever happened‚ or the artwork that was displayed. That is not always a bad thing though‚ for example the Grimm brothers’ children’s and household tales. These gruesome tales have been changed and edited due to their nature of murder‚ incest‚ rape‚ and other

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    versions of popular fairytales‚ but despite certain changes the female protagonist still ends up being dependent and in need of protection. Readers can see this happen in the fairytale Cinderella. In the fairytale‚ Cinderella expects to be rescued. The Grimm Brother’s version of Cinderella is the story of a young girl mistreated by her step mother and step sisters who is rescued by a handsome prince and lives happily ever after. Cinderella‚ like most female heroines in fairytales plays the role of the

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    Perrault story draws from the death of a mother and an absentee father. This is a formidable contribution to the plight of Cinderella. Grimm opens with the moments before the death of her mother using dark tactics to create woe and mistrust. A father‚ however not absent but mostly unconcerned with the interactions with his second wife and

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    Rapunzel‚ let down your hair’” (Grimm 44). Famous words that many people know from their childhood. The tale of Rapunzel. A story that many adults and children are fond of. A picture of a beautiful princess with long golden hair looking out of a tower towards her handsome prince appearing in thousands of minds. Though most of the American population knows the general plot of the myth‚ most fail to realize that the story has changed greatly from the original Grimm fairy tale version. The role of Rapunzel

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    The overarching theme in "Godfather Death" by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm reminds us that greed will always be one’s demise and it is impossible to cheat death. The story begins with a father looking for a suitable godfather for his thirteenth child. He encounters both God and the devil but passes on both of them. Consequently he chooses the devil as the suitable godfather‚ since he says death treats all men equally. Godfather death gives the young man a gift at his baptism; an herb‚ which he allows him

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    English Essay Angela Carter‚ author of The Werewolf‚ uses the traditional Grimms fairytale Red Riding Hood‚ and recreates it to write her own modern version. But how does she manage it? Although the stories parallel significantly‚ there are also stark differences with the context and content of the two works. Carter uses all of the main iconography from the original text‚ but rewrites it for a more than contemporary tale‚ using the images in an abstract way to fashion her own more heretic piece

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    2014 The Brothers Grimm‚ Romanticism‚ and Hansel and Gretel Today when one thinks about the Grimm Brothers‚ they most likely think about how widespread their stories are‚ being that they are told in many homes and have had many adaptations of them. This was not the case however when Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm first started to write and collect their tales. Many were uncomfortable with them and the very violent scenes they had. People eventually came around and Jacob and Wilhelm became two of the

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