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    Adult v. Children’s Interpretation Fairytales: when someone says that word‚ the first thing that might come up in your mind is probably kid’s reading Cinderella. Fairytales’ simplicity and accuracy in delivering a moral to young kids and adults is wonderful. We’d give an adult a eerie look if we caught them reading a kids book on the train to themselves. The reason behind our thought is cause it’s a kids book why would an adult read it but behind all this is the difference of interpreting stories

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    unique and evocative ways. The journey through memory is not always a definite one‚ yet it is this encountering of memory that is often more important than establishing the veracity of memories uncovered. This idea is also demonstrated through the “Eulogy by Earl Spencer”‚ through his close affiliation with his sister Diana‚ Princess of Wales; Spencer attains a deeper understanding of representation and meaning‚ asserting that memory likewise is a unique fragmented collection of events. This in turn

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    Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley endured many hardships during her life. Some of these included her mother dieing during childbirth‚ her loathing stepmother‚ and later in life‚ the death of her beloved husband. Although she maintained a strong relationship with her father‚ it did not cover-up the absence of a strong maternal figure. Mary Shelley ’s novel Frankenstein‚ was influenced by the pain she encountered in her life. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was born on August 30‚ 1797 to the couple of Mary Wollstonecraft

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    name was Gretel and his son’s name was Hansel. Hansel and Gretel had a wicked stepmother that did not like the children and wanted to get rid of them. The stepmother was very selfish and did not care about the well being of the children at all. The family was running short on food and the man worried about what the family would eat to survive. The father was a craftsman and did not make much money. The wicked stepmother suggested that the man take the children to the forest at daybreak and leave

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    Cinderella could do was cry because she wanted to go to the festival as well. She asked her stepmother if she could attend‚ only to hear her respond by saying‚ “covered in dust and dirt as you are‚ and would go to the festival? You have no clothes and shoes‚ and yet would dance!” (page 122) Even though her stepmother was being rude to Cinderella‚ that didn’t stop her from still asking if she could go. Her stepmother than bargains with her saying‚ “if she can empty the lentils from the ashes she could go

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    Cinderella Story

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    is the story of a girl that gets mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters‚ even though she’s loving‚ caring and kind. She lost her mother when she was little and is forced to become the servant of her own house. On a certain day there is a ball for the Prince and all the women of the kingdom are invited. Although she completes all her chores beforehand‚ her stepmother does not grant her permission to attend. While her sisters and stepmother are at the ball her fairy godmother (a character which

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    The Farmer S Child

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    ​ “The Farmer’s Children” Literary Essay Draft      In  modern‚  civilized society we believe that children should be nurtured and cared for by  not  only  their  parents  but  by  the  adults  responsible.   The  story of Cato and Emerson told in “The  Farmer’s  Children”  by  Elizabeth  Bishop  shows  that  in  some  cases‚  vulnerable  children  are  held  responsible  to  take  care  of themselves. The young boys are sent by their parents out into the cold  to  do  the  job  that  was  originally 

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    Rhetorical Analysis: Cinderella Cinderella’s story is undoubtedly the most popular fairy tale all over the world. Her fairy tale is one of the best read and emotion filled story that we all enjoyed as young and adults. In Elizabeth Pantajja’s analysis‚ Cinderella’s story still continues to evoke emotions but not as a love story but a contradiction of what we some of us believe. Pantajja chose Cinderella’s story to enlighten the readers that being good and piety are not the reason for Cinderella’s

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    Keine Lazarovitch

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    mother‚ Keine‚ most likely as a eulogy after she died in 1959. The unusual yet astonishing thing about this poem is during the first four paragraphs the mood is dark‚ almost evil like‚ and fierce‚ as he speaks of growing old and death‚ “For her mouth was not water but a curse‚” (paragraph 2). We can see that the speaker‚ her son‚ is an honest and expressive man. The emotional effects of these four paragraphs makes us question why Irving would bother to write a eulogy for his mother if he only states

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    Perrault Reference: 10 pages Characters: Ella (but her sisters call her cinders) - A nobleman’s daughter‚ she is forced to work as the servant of her house because of her controlling stepmother. Lady Tramaine - Her dads second wife‚ she is controlling and jealous‚ she gives her the nickname "Cinderella" because she usually has cinders on her face from cleaning the chimney.

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