21 July 2011 Cinderella’s Story - A Different Transformation If you think that the only Cinderella story is the animated tale of your youth‚ think again. Worldwide and throughout the ages‚ accounts of the popular Cinderella story have educated and enchanted both children and adults. In 1950‚ Walt Disney Animation Studios released its animated version of this classic tale which many Americans consider the Cinderella story. However‚ there is a Cinderella-like story for almost every race and culture
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In the beautifully written tale The Happy Prince‚ it tells a story of love and generosity. The book delves into a fairy tale of a swallow and a prince‚ it poetically talks of the time when the prince was alive and how he was such a joyful person. The people of the kingdom bestowed upon the prince the nickname ’The Happy Prince.’ When the prince died the town councillors chose to create a statue honouring him‚ setting the statue high above the town so the happy prince could watch over everyone. The
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children’s books and tales about animals with human like characteristics (Beatrix‚ 1998). Her books were read by many children worldwide (Beatrix‚ 1998). One of her famous works is The
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Who would dare think the outcast and abandoned can find a home? Who could dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it? A miracle cure to heal the sick? Pah. What makes us think any of this could be true? And yet all of us‚ we participate in this myth‚ we create‚ perpetuate it (Vanderpool 304). Miss Sadie talks about the search for a home to Abilene Tucker‚ the 12-year-old protagonist in the 2011 Newbery Medal winner‚ Moon over Manifest (Vanderpool 207). Abilene doesn’t have
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interpretation as the audience is unsure if Eliza will leave her “creator” or remain with him. The characters are beautiful crafted in Pygmalion. One can’t help but love little Eliza who is thrown into the world of high society typical of many fairy tale Princesses. The audience can watch her blossom from a simple flower girl to an elegant woman on the outside. In Higgins the audience sees a modern day Pygmalion who creates a “creature” for his own ambitious project and entertainment. Higgins is
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picture book called SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON‚ which tells a folk tale about how a hero killed a dreadful dragon to save people’s homeland‚ is a typical one presenting bravery to children. The narrator‚ Margaret Hodges‚ tries to retell this well-known story by using some detailed descriptions of the spiny journey with gorgeous‚ meaningful illustrations by Crina Schart Hyman. There is no doubt that both of them endow this old-fashioned tale with new life to encourage a new generation about how people are
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Everyone assumes fairy tales are suppose to be happy or have a happy ending‚ but do all of them? In the story Goldilocks and the three bears‚ a girl was wandering through the woods‚ found a house‚ and decided to go in it. She ended up using and breaking things that weren’t hers. In the story Little Red Riding Hood‚ a girl was walking through the woods to her grandmas‚ and a wolf tricks her on the way‚ and at her grandmas. In both of these stories‚ the girls end up in trouble or in a bad situation
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Prince and Other Tales (1888) My immediate response to these works by Oscar Wilde is that they are charmingly light-hearted‚ evocative‚ challenging in content and meaning‚ and that the Fairy stories‚ in particular‚ are a delight to read. With his fairy stories‚ Oscar Wilde has fused a traditional literary form with contemporary social issues. His stories use evocative imagery‚ personified animals and objects and fantastical situations‚ all in the manner of traditional fairy stories. But Wilde
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Primarily‚ we were given a choice of four Grimm’s fairy tales to use as a stimulus for our GCSE devised performance and as a group we discussed initial ideas for each. All written by the Grimm Brothers‚ ‘Little Red Cap’ originally sparked great ideas for melodramatic scenes‚ due to the ferociousness of the wolf‚ however‚ we later realised this stimulus provided little opportunity for multi-roling‚ which would prohibit us showing a variety of vocal skills. Furthermore‚ the ‘Juniper Tree’‚ faced similar
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In the excerpt “Cinderella’s Stepsisters” taken from a persuasive speech given at Barnard College‚ Toni Morrison encourages her audience of entirely females to avoid the disdainful character shown by the stepmother and stepsisters in the fairy tale‚ “Cinderella.” Morrison‚ a novelist‚ editor‚ and professor‚ primarily focuses on African American Literature. Though much of her writing focuses on black women‚ Morrison does not claim her pieces as feminist. However‚ I believe that this speech declares
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