The Nutcracker is a story of a young girl that is whisked away to the Land of Toys to help her animated nutcracker defeat the Mouse King. “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by E.T.A. Hoffmann‚ the altered version by Alexandre Dumas and the ballet by Tchaikovsky tell the same story; however‚ there are significant differences between the three and the audiences they connect with. Hoffmann’s Nutcracker is an extraordinarily innovative and unusual piece of writing that was originally for adults
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The play‚ “Beauty”‚ explains the story about two foolish girls‚ fighting over a magical wish to receive a feature that each other has. Although it is heart wrenching that each of these girls are begging to change their features‚ it shows us the play’s underlying message; We will always have problems that will affect us. The author of the story‚ Jane Martin‚ shows us this simple message along with a comical aspect. “Beauty”‚ narrates the story of two friends who are secretly jealous of one another
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The Mirabal sisters undergo tremendous transformations throughout their lives. When Trujillo’s dictatorship begins affecting their families‚ they become upstanding women. As a result of their outspokenness‚ the sisters earn the nickname Mariposas‚ meaning “Butterflies”. Butterflies do not begin their lives as the colorful and graceful creatures many people initially think of. They begin as caterpillars. At a specific time in their lives‚ caterpillars undergo a change known as metamorphosis and become
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In Disney’s Alice in Wonderland‚ Alice starts off as a “bad girl‚” but eventually becomes a “good girl” via her actions. Thus‚ the narrative arc of the story is that she will conform to traditional gender roles; Disney states that a woman will only be able to thrive in society if she conforms to her prescribed gender roles. A “bad girl” is characterized as being violent‚ aggressive‚ worldly‚ and often monstrous; whereas‚ traditional gender roles favor a “good girl” who is identified as gentle‚ submissive
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The definition of fairytale is a story created for children‚ which have fairies‚ goblins‚ and wizards. The three fairytales I have chosen are Hansel and Gretel‚ Little Red Riding Hood‚ and a Goldilocks and the Three Bears. All three of these fairytales have a stereotype‚ they show symbolism‚ and have a protagonist. I will speak about each of the three literary terms. Stereotype is when all people or things of the same nature are automatically thought to be the same. As I read Hansel and Gretel‚
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng always perceived herself as a girl who had her head up in the clouds. Marinette always found herself in the make-believe world she fabricated through her dreams. It was a perfect illusion of an animated fairy tale: Wizards‚ Goblins‚ and a handsome blond prince. Marinette giggled giddily like a schoolgirl when the face of the pretty boy came alive on her paper. Marinette drew him in exact detail; she made an extra effort to extract out his outfit. He had on a royal‚ thick robe
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Once upon a time‚ many famous writers created many short stories filled with fantasy‚ exaggeration and even some with a talking animal or two called Fairy Tales. From Walt Disney to the Grimm Brothers‚ many different versions were created‚ but they all have one important element that outshined even the element of having a moral‚ and that element was imagination. Imagination is the most special element of them all because without this element‚ no fairy tale would have ever existed in this world. Fairy
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The fairy tale Rapunzel by the Brother’s Grimm is about a girl who is stolen from her mother and locked in a tower. She is never allowed to leave the tower. One day a prince comes‚ climbs the tower and Rapunzel and the prince fall in love and get married. The original story was so popular that Disney made it into the movie Tangled. The producers have added scenes like running from the royal guards and almost drowning in a dam to bring more action and suspense to the movie. One of the new scenes
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Disney movies portray the Little Mermaid to be a glorious‚ and exciting fairytale romance that was completely altered to shelter children while still trying to teach them valuable lessons that they could use in their everyday lives. Ariel in the Disney version learned not to trust weird strangers‚ follow her heart‚ value your family‚ get creative‚ etc. However‚ the original story tells of more gruesome punishments to Sirenetta’s curse that taught her a lesson forever; Sirenetta’s grandmother gave
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Byatt’s enticing tales of a dark forest‚ monsters and two little girls creates a fantasy or fairy tale that keeps you on the edge of your seat. The fairy tale starts out with two little girls meeting on a train with other evacuees heading to an unknown place. Penny and Primrose‚ who became fast friends on the train reconnected later in their adult life. When they met again the two girls attached themselves to each other just like the time they met on the train. The children were told to play until
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