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    “If you drink water and breathe air‚ then you have heard the story of Cinderella. And‚ if you drink water and breathe air‚ you have heard it… wrong. There was no fairy godmother‚ no glass slipper. There was no wicked stepmother or wicked stepsister. There wasn’t even a prince‚ at least not in the way that you might think. And if you’re expecting everyone to live happily ever after‚ you may end up being disappointed. But a happy ending isn’t something that can be expected or predicted. And while

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    girls dressed in stereotypical geeky clothes. The fact that Rebecca transforms Katy into a popular‚ beautiful girl shows Katy is no different. It’s almost like the story of ‘Cinderella’ linking to propp’s theory. It’s seems as if Rebecca acts as ‘the fairy godmother and Katy acts as ‘Cinderella’‚ and Katy’s transformed into a beautiful princess‚ Then wakes up in her rags (nerdy clothes) again. The setting of the video is a big‚ clearly expensive house. Were shown this as the opening pans down the street

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    Ayama And The Thorn Wood

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    within the book “The Language of Thorns” by Leigh Bardugo holds a large multitude of greek myths‚ fairy tales‚ biblical references. This excerpt introduces the main characters the Beast and Ayama. The excerpt throughout the novel to see certain instances these references come into play. The royal born beast that was sent into a maze his father created for him is an obvious reference to the greek tale of the Minotaur that got sent off to live in the Labyrinth by the king. This excerpt also introduces

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    Once Upon a Social Issue Fairy tales have always been told to us as children; whether to comfort or entertain us‚ they always seem to be a part of most everyone ’s childhood. When Nadine Gordimer was asked to write a children ’s story‚ she replied with a short story titled "Once Upon A Time". Although the title is characteristic of a fairy tale‚ she leads the tale to an ending that is anything other than "…happily ever after." Gordimer distorts the fairy tale by dealing with certain issues rather

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    The Effect of Fairy Tales in a Child’s Life In the essay “The Uses of Enchantment‚” Bruno Bettelheim expresses the idea that fairy tales display the struggles of life in the simplest ways‚ in which there is generally a humble hero who triumphs over an evil villain. By clearly presenting the hero and the villain‚ children are able to easily comprehend the essential idea of good and evil‚ but also adopt valuable character traits that the hero possesses‚ such as perseverance and positivity. Bettelheim

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    Brothers are both slightly distinctive fairy tale versions about a beautiful princess cursed into a deep sleep by an enchantment force and awakened by a heroic prince. Although both versions are distinctive to a certain extent‚ they both contain the same basic elements of fiction such as character‚ setting‚ conflict‚ and moral. The two versions main character or protagonist is a young princess about the age of fifteen living in a magnificent castle in a fairy tale world where mythical creatures and magic

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    and parallel universes are a part of human creativity that’s told all over the world for various reasons. Most people today are familiar with the modern version of most fairy tales‚ and don’t know the dark origins behind these kid-friendly stories. The original versions have deeper‚ malevolent meanings behind them; while modern tales are more positive‚ and inspirational. This happens especially in Disney’s adaption of Hans Christian Andersen’s the Little Mermaid. Disney’s movie ends with Ariel’s dreams

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    Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale and its first version of this fairy tale was written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve who was a French author. She wrote the first version of Beauty and the Beast and her title of this book was La Belle et la Bete. This version was published by La jeune ameriquaine‚ et les contes marins‚ and it was over one hundred pages long containing many subplots and involving a Beast. The main elements of Villeneuve’s version were almost the same as the

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    Lanval de Marie de France

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    whiter than the hawthorn blossom."[2] Although the atmosphere of all of the lais is one of fairy tale‚ Lanval is the only one to take place within the milieu of Arthur‚ and is the only one to reference such Arthurian items as the Round Table and the isle of Avalon. Further‚ in contrast with the other lais‚ Lanval provides motivation and character analysis only for the eponymous protagonist: the fairy lady is not named‚ and no explanation‚ beyond her own words‚ is given for her behavior. In

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    fantasy story. Nevertheless‚ the story itself is examined to be more fanciful and unrestricted than other fantasy fairytales. The story comprises of a spiteful king‚ an envious princess and an ardent suitor-long the staple elements of fairy tales. Enclosed in this fairy-tale are three major factors that make the story so vital: the style‚ structure‚ use of language and the story’s ending; are all things that must be considered. At the end of the story‚ Stockton does not tell the reader what lay behind

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