Title: Four Anecdotes from the Life of Wang Xizhi‚ ca. 1310 By: Zhao Mengfu (Chinese‚ 1254–1322) Type: Handscroll‚ ink on paper Size: 9 5/8 x 46 1/8 in. (24.4 x 117 cm) The artist of this calligraphy scroll‚ Zhao Mengfu‚ was highly praised by the Yuan emperor Renzong as unrivaled traditional Chinese polymath (for a lack of a better word). It is said that the emperor admired him for possessing the following seven outstanding qualities: wide learning‚ Song royal ancestry‚ elegant and charismatic
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Nothing wrong with Cinderella In “What’s Wrong with Cinderella”‚ the writer raised various issues and concerns regarding the physical and mental impact brought upon the younger generations by princess-themed toys. The writer‚ Peggy Orenstein‚ is a self-proclaimed feminist who writes for New York Times and many other prominent publications. The writer claims that the princess-themed commercial products have distressing effects in shaping young female generations’ outlooks as well as their personalities
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The life of people during the Great Depression was poverty stricken‚ jobless‚ and too many it was hopeless. Life during this time was portrayed very well in the movie “Cinderella Man.” James Braddock is a perfect example of life during this time. He was as poor as the movie displayed him to be and he did have to go receive relief money from the government to heat his house and keep his children. “His Irish-Catholic back round played a major role in the values he held onto‚ specifically the one of
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Drawing on her many years of psychology training and client therapy‚ Jacqueline Schectman‚ director of training for the Jung Institute of Boston‚ makes a comparison between the four archetypes in Cinderella and the stages of grief families and children she treats in therapy. In her article‚ she describes a step-mother who‚ rather than hostile and unfeeling‚ seems to present a structure and truth to an abandoned little girl; step-sisters who are themselves reeling from unacknowledged grief; and a
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Question: How was your understanding of cultural and contextual consideration of the work developed through the interactive oral? Work Used: Jacob and Willhelm Grimm’s Cinderella Throughout the interactive oral‚ we extrapolated the ideas of cultural and contextual works of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s short story‚ Cinderella. Our discussions brought not only very insightful thoughts out into the open‚ but also theories on the author’s and plot keys that had me reanalyzing the entire piece.
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We’ve always read or been read fairy tales once in our lives‚ and how do they always end? Yes‚ happily ever after. In Anne Sexton’s "Cinderella"‚ she shakes up the traditional fairy tale‚ by adding her own tale. She uses sarcasm to finish the tale‚ causing the reader’s expectation of a happy ending and a traditional fairy tale to disappear. In doing so‚ she depicts the difference between the fairy tale and reality world. With Sexton’s harsh words of reality‚ she breaks the dreams of the readers
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Cinderella is a classic fairytale almost every person knows. Such recognition was earned through time and it’s originality. Yet from this well-known tale‚ many stories have stemmed into their own interesting aspects of virtually the same plot with similar characters. One of the related stories is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Brontë uses the main character Jane as Cinderella who finds her prince charming. Even though Jane Eyre contains more about human nature and less of magic‚ it still resembles
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Cinderella Man The boxing drama starring Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger and directed by Ron Howard is based on a true story of one man’s extraordinary fight to save the family he loved. "Cinderella Man" tells a boxing story we’ve all heard before‚ Fighter gets knocked down‚ fighter struggles‚ fighter ultimately wins‚ but this story is different. This movie characterizes what actually happened to James J. Braddock‚ the celebrated athlete whose boxing comeback became a sign for hope during the
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Cinderella Cinderella is a childhood fairytale that we all love and remember. It is a tragedy that turns into love and happily ever after in the end. In contrast to this popular story‚ Anne Sexton’s version of Cinderella is a dark and twisted version of the classic fairy tale. It takes on a whole new perspective and is fairly different from the childhood fairytale that most of society knows. The poem takes less of a focus on the happy ever after in Cinderella and makes it into vivid bloody and
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Cinderella Man is the story of an underdog rising up‚ overcoming things he didn’t even think were possible. In this action-filled film‚ a man is challenged between playing it safe with the little he can do to find jobs and supporting his family‚ or go back to a hobby he was once well-known for but risk everything. With the help of his mentor‚ an old coach‚ he is challenged to new extremes and pushed past his comfort zone and what he thinks is possible. Cinderella Man is an American drama film
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