The book‚ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‚ was always thought to be a child’s tale‚ a “modernized fairy tale” until Henry M. Littlefield wrote an article about how The Wizard of Oz was actually an allegory for the Populist era. Littlefield believed that each character and significant place in the book correlated with a person or place in the Populist era. L. Frank Baum wrote this children’s book as a political allegory‚ whether he intentionally did it we are not sure. However‚ the unwavering proof that
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A 1991 animated musical/fairy tale‚ “The Beauty and the Beast” became the sensation for adults and kids bringing out emotions and thoughts from the movie to everyday life. Two completely different personalities come together and find more than what they see on the outside. The differences between them are major and the film is well developed as how it all begins telling the story of both separately but at the same time. The original animated “Beauty and The Beast” was significant because it showed
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Ballerina slippers The dirty ballerina slippers hung loosely on her small feet. The subbing sound that came every time she moved them echoed off of the tall walls decorated with vines and weeds. She smiled to herself. There was nothing more beautiful than nature claiming what used to be theirs. Her little heart jumped in her chest when the threads of the shoes made her trip. The shoes were at least two sizes too big‚ but her correctly sized wellies were thrown into one of the corners of the building
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The godmother in "Rapunzel" was seen as a terrible godmother because she put Rapunzel in a tower to protect her from entering her teen years. She was a great godmother‚ other’s may say because she cared for Rapunzel like any other parent would. She tried to protect her from loosing her virginity and purity because she was just entering her teen years. The godmother showed her love for Rapunzel through protecting her and keeping her safe. The godmothers first step into protecting Rapunzel‚ "...took
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Judging a Book By Its Cover Every person has there own style: what they wear‚ how they walk‚ who they talk to‚ or better yet what is playing in there headphones. When looking at someone’s outer appearance one can usually take a guess what kind of music there listening to. Fashion can become a big part of music. people sometimes want to copy the style of clothes that their favorite artist wears or act the way the person does as well. There are a few major stereotypes of people. Probably the easiest
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Amelia Farmer 9th Grade Honors Literature 27 July 2014 Ella Enchanted: A Hero’s Journey The famous author Peter S. Beagle once said‚ “Great heroes need great sorrows or burdens‚ or half their greatness goes unnoticed.” Everyone has burdens‚ but it takes a true hero to overcome a huge burden. In the movie Ella Enchanted‚ directed by Jane Starz‚ Ella has been blessed‚ or really cursed‚ with the gift of obedience by a fairy named Lucinda. She does anything and everything people tell her to do and
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The unicorn tapestries is the title given to a set of six full tapestries‚ as well as three fragments of an additional tapestry‚ that depict the hunt of a unicorn. The tapestries are currently being housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tapestries have a long and complicated history‚ of which much is left in the dark. The tapestries were woven in the Southern Netherlands around the year 1500 (Colburn 2010‚ 97). Five of the seven unicorn tapestries were speculated by James J. Rorimer to have
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The story of the greatest king of all time has been developed over centuries. The Arthurian legend has no known author’s that can claim the original Arthurian legend however it is stated that three authors helped shaped the Arthurian legend‚ such as Geoffrey of Monmouth‚ Chretien de Troyes and Sir Thomas Malory. These author’s work‚ specifically Sir Thomas Malory’s‚ have been the main sources for many authors that translate the legend from Middle English to modern English in the late nineteenth century
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Finally‚ the Shinto religion is quite concerned with the idea of balance. This usually results in a concern for the balance between humans and the natural world. In Miyazaki’s films‚ there is also a lot of emphasis placed on balance. In fact‚ his protagonists often undertake a voyage of balance‚ either between humans and nature such as in Princess Mononoke‚ or within themselves like in Howl’s Moving Castle and Spirited Away. Princess Mononoke makes peace with the humans rather than yielding to
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Disney produced the movie “The Princess and the Frog”‚ an adaptation of the classic fairytale “The Frog Prince” and is set in New Orleans‚ Louisiana during the 1920’s. In the movie Tiana has a dream about owning her own restaurant. She starts of as a waitress‚ working multiple jobs to help save the money to buy the mill. Lottie gives Tiana enough money to finish paying for the restaurant because she orders food. Naveen arrives with Lawrence and they find the Dr. Facilier‚ who transforms Lawrence
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