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    Elliot. Folk Groups and Folklore Genres: An Introduction. Utah: Utah State University Press‚ 1986. Print. Warner‚ Maria. From Beast to Blonde. London: Vintage‚ 1995. Print. Zipes‚ Jack. Fairy Tale as Myth‚ Myth as Fairy Tale. Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky‚ 1994. Print. Zipes‚ Jack. Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. New York: Oxford University Press Inc.‚ 2000. Print.

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    James Poniewozik concentrates on how the classic fairytale of Cinderella has been reinvented multiple times to correspond with the viewpoints of feminist authors. Poniewozik claims in his article "The Princess Paradox" that "girls choosing the fairy-tale ending is not such a bad thing" (667). However Peggy Orenstein‚ a contributing writer for The New York Times‚ would completely disagree with that statement. Orenstein stresses in her article Cinderella and Princess Culture that the "princess craze"

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    Ofelia about what her mother once told her‚ fauns cannot be trusted. Ofelia‚ and her pregnant mother Carmen‚ are traveling to the mill to greet Captain Vidal; he is Carmen’s second husband. Ofelia carries multiple books with her about faeries and fairy-tales. During the drive‚ Carmen suddenly feels very sick from

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    motherhood‚ imbedded in the story. Oxford English dictionary states‚ “True fairy tales concern a ‘class of supernatural beings of diminutive size‚ who in popular belief are said to possess magical powers and to have great influence for good or evil over the affairs of humans’”(qtd. in Behrens 594). According to this definition‚ Peter Pan qualifies as a fairy tale because Tinkerbell exists in the story as a fairy that is small in size and has the ability to perform magic. The story of

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    Molly-Anne Noakes 1299 ‘Metamorphosis’ – Steven Berkoff Coursework Social‚ Political‚ Cultural & Historical Non-Verbal communication Practitioner Language Character Analysis Vocal awareness Visual‚ Spatial‚ Oral Interpretation ‘My Mother Said I Never Should’ – Charlotte Keatley Social‚ Political‚ Cultural & Historical Non-Verbal Communication Language Vocal Awareness Character Analysis Theatre Review Word Count : 2672 Non-Verbal Communication & Practitioner Disconnecting the

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    Fairytales are probably the most popular mean of entertainment not only for children but also for grown ups no matter which form they may take on: a story read or told by the parents‚ a play or an animated film. People rarely consider that while enjoying tales they contribute to the preservation of folklore‚ which also ‘includes all the traditional forms of expression that circulate without the aid of books – the art‚ speech‚ and literature created through personal interaction rather that through the printed

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    Paragraph For Angela Carter By A.D. The original didactic purpose of fairytales is ever-present and self-modifying to fit the paradigmatic shifts of its context. Contemporaries like Angela Carter‚ reinforcing or challenging societal values or constructs‚ subvert fairytale archetypes to educate on social progression; through literary discourses such as post-modernism and feminism. In Carter’s ‘The Company of Wolves’ (1979) the blurring of the wolf or hunter archetype exemplifies the modernisation

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    Saint Petersburg‚ Russia‚ the classic Christmas ballet‚ The Nutcracker has been shown for over 100 years. The composer‚ Peter Tchaikovsky‚ and choreographer Marius Petipa teamed up to create a timeless production as an adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffman’s tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." This pair had previously worked together on another classical ballet‚ Sleeping Beauty. Despite the great fame of the ballet today‚ The Nutcracker was not a success right away. It’s first production was basically

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    the Talking Crow‚ The Split Dog‚ and Catching a Thief all have in common being written as folk tales. The text’s share the traits of being orally passed down from generations‚ which is why most folk tales have unknown authors and usually have several versions. Folk tales are made up of fables‚ fairy tales‚ old legends‚ and urban legends‚ another reason why there might be several versions to a folk tale. In addition‚ to sharing the form in which they are written‚ the texts share features like utilizing

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    a Chinese story and was written by Ai-Ling Louie‚ it was originally published in 1982‚ and is over 1000 years before the first European Cinderella story appeared. The third story is about ‘’A Young Girl Named Oochigeaskw ‘’. It’s a Native American tale and was written by Rafe Martin‚ and was

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