Ginger Christian October 24‚ 2012 ENGL 1020-109 Gore Midterm Essay Fairytales in a Modern Culture In an article from Plato’s Republic‚ he strongly argues that the ‘greater part of our stories we shall have to reject’ as models and examples for our children to follow because we do not want to suggest values for moral conduct. Many arguments have risen over claiming classic tales are bad for our children. I believe‚ for the most part‚ children will be able to recognize the difference between
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every day‚ it is the responsibility of the reader to preserve the value of old tales and writings from the roots of our established society. Although the details of trends and genres become blurred in a whirlwind of new ideas (or lack thereof)‚ the worth of a classical fairy tale cannot be contested by any other form of literature; especially when concerning the youth of our society. In the Grimm Brothers fairy tale known as “The Four Skillful Brothers”‚ value is found beneath the words of every
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Superior” Author: Elisabeth Panttaja In The essay Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior by Elisabeth Panttaja‚ the author analyzes the classic fairy tale that most of us have grown up knowing of Cinderella. The author’s analysis is a bit abrupt and right to the point‚ but also cleverly stated. The authors essay is about Cinderella being crafty‚ and not the normal perception of Cinderella being a princess who is virtuous and patient. It is also described in the essay that Cinderella may not be as motherless
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THE TRAGIC MODE IN OSCAR WILDE’S FAIRY TALES DÉBORAH SCHEIDT‚ Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa ABSTRACT: In this paper we examine the articulation of the tragic mode in Oscar Wilde‟s collection of fairy tales The Happy Prince and Other Stories‚ especially in “The Young King”‚ “The Selfish Giant” and “The Birthday of the Infanta.” By “tragic mode” we mean‚ in this context‚ the vestiges left by Greek tragedy and its development‚ the Elizabethan tragedy‚ in a piece of nineteenth century fiction
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characteristic about fairy tales is that‚ they begin with "once upon a time" and end with "happily ever after." In Distant view of a Minaret Alifa Rifaat relates the life of a Muslim woman. The woman lives in a conservative Muslim society in Egypt during the end of the twentieth century. Rifaat describes how the behavior of the woman is shaped by her society‚ making her able to endure her restrictions‚ to overcome her impediments and to give meaning to her life. Some components of Rifaat’s essay are found in
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the difference of middle class attitudes towards women found in some of the Grimm’s tales‚ compared to the attitudes today. Finally‚ the third topic of this essay will discuss the similarities and differences of the way men were viewed in the Grimm’s tales and the same aspect toward men today. The role of a woman in society today has almost been turned completely around compared to the views when the Selected Tales were written. As well‚ it is clear that the media has created these idolized figures
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ESSAY PROMPT 1. As Jeffords suggests‚ “In 1991‚ the hard bodies of the 1980s seemed to have been successfully rejected in mainstream Hollywood films‚ but not‚ as the films of the late 1980s might have suggested‚ for the values of justice…Hollywood’s interest in justice had waned and been replaced by a less socially troublesome topic—commitment to the family” (140-141). How are Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop (1987) or John Singleton’s Boyz N the Hood (1991) and another Hollywood film of your choosing
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The monomyth or more commonly known as the hero journey was thought of by Joseph Campbell who said that any good story would follow these certain rules no matter if it was horror‚ comedy‚ or even a love story you’ll find that even your favorite stories would all follow these models or archetypes no matter what‚ for example the story “Leftovers” by Laura Weiss follows the hero journeys if you analyzed it and pay close enough attention it even plays into archetypes with immediately showing you the
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Fairy Tales Le Anna Ficks Kaplan University Professor Pyle HU300 August 11‚ 2014 The fairy tale that I have chosen for my essay is one that is about a duckling that wasn’t the prettiest thing ever. This poor duckling had people picking on him left and right and no one would even want anything to do with him‚ he was all alone and never knew what to do. This duckling thought that he was going to be like this forever and thought that he was always going to be all alone. Then one day he grew up
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social norms for the time and context has been altered to appeal to the current audiences. The three main versions of Sleeping Beauty are the Charles Perrault in 1697‚ which was adapted from the original fairy tale Sun‚ Moon‚ and Talia by Giambattistas Basile in 1634. Perraults version was a tale of rape‚ adultery and cannibalism. The Brothers Grimm interpretation‚ from 1812 that made the story more tame and the Walt Disney version from 1959 that was drawn mainly from the St. Petersburg Ballet version
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