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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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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Madeline Allen English 243 February 27th‚ 2013 Annotations of “Agreeable” “Agreeable” by Jonathan Franzen was enjoyable for me because I could easily relate to the story of young athlete‚ Patty. In Franzen’s story‚ Patty struggles with the relationships within her family and she becomes somewhat of an outsider due to her love for sports. Her mother has never really focused on Patty and their relationship is put to the test when Patty is raped at a party. Originally she confides with her coach
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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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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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Candy Land Once upon a time there lived a simple girl who lived a simple life. Her name was Elena brooks and she lived in a small town of Freeport‚ Kansas. Elena lived with her mom‚ Adriana and her dad‚ Chris. She was a star student and was on the tennis‚ track‚ and debate team for her school. One day Elena was walking to her house when she saw a guy from her school named Eliot‚ they talked for a while and he decided to invite Elena to a party he was having this evening before their school’s football
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Euripides’ Medea uses the personification of the golden dress to symbolize the aggressive power takeovers of the BC Greek era. “She‚ when she saw the dress‚ could not restrain herself. She agreed with all her husband said‚ and before he and the children had gone from the palace‚ she took the gorgeous robe and dressed herself in it‚ and put the golden crown around her curly locks. She arranged the set of the hair in the shining mirror‚ and smiled at the lifeless image of herself in it. Then she
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Fairy tales help to establish gender roles at a young age to characterize and represent the ideals‚ values‚ and roles that each gender should succumb to. Females are taught to be kind‚ sweet‚ week‚ honest‚ self-sacrificing‚ and beautiful. On the other hand‚ males are taught to be courageous‚ brave‚ saviors‚ and wise. Many of these characteristics are shown in Snow White. However‚ in lemony Snicket’s‚ A Bad Beginning‚ the novel challenges many of these ideas by providing the reader with alternate
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