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    The Bloody Chamber

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    “For Carters‚ European myths and fairytales … encourage the notion that feminity is essentially passive‚ that female sexuality is simultaneously vulnerable and dangerous‚ and that young women undergo certain rite of passage designed to teach them how to control their bodies and their desires.” In which ways do you think carter depicts and challenges this view within the ‘Bloody Chamber’? Angela carter shows two side of the argument. Carter uses the ‘new woman’ and ‘puppet’ women in her stories

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    MODERN FAIRYTALE Fairy tales can be traced back from thousands and thousands of years without really any specific time of origin. The history of fairy tales or fairy stories have fantasy creatures such as faeries‚ fey‚ goblins‚ elves‚ trolls‚ witches‚ giants‚ mermaids‚ gnomes and or talking animals. Enchantments‚ far-fetched events and explicitly moral tales‚ including beast fables‚ are also usually part of the plot. The term "once upon a time" is used rather than an actual reference to date and

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    are that they always are punished in the end. No fairy tale ends with the villainess winning‚ she always gets her compuence. However‚ not all female characters fit between the dichotomies of malicious and good. There are a select few characters‚ particularly the fairy godmothers and the dwarves of Snow White‚ whom are portrayed as not only genial‚ powerful‚ and wise‚ but also help guide the heroine on her journey to find her Prince. Without the Fairy

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    Rapunzel Thesis

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    Rapunzel Fairy Tales are the spark of imagination to children growing up throughout thousands years of history to our modern era. Whether it’s being told your favorite fairy tale until our parents ears want to fall off‚ to making them trail us around the living room pretending they are the scary beast‚ fairy tales have never expired in children’s hearts around the world. These stories hold value to molding children for problem solving‚ critical thinking‚ and teaching valuable life lessons. It is

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    Literature

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    aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as sound‚ symbolism‚ and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to‚ or in place of‚ ordinary meanings‚ while literature written in prose applies ordinary grammatical structure and the natural flow of speech. Literature can also be classified according to historical periods‚ genres‚ and political influences. While the concept of genre has broadened over the centuries‚ in general‚ a genre consists of artistic works that fall within a certain central theme;

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    stories that have deep roots in folk traditions. Storytellers have adapted and retold tales‚ using both words and illustrations‚ to entertain and educate both children and adults at different times in many cultures. Historians tried to trace the roots of these folk tales but as what they found out that it is almost impossible to trace where this stories originated. One of the most used theory by historians is that folk tales are passed down orally by generation to another generation usually the aim is to

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    Beauty and the Beast

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    use to express my enjoyment of the production Beauty and the Beast I attended Friday night at Walter State Community College. Beauty and the Beast is a classic I remember watching growing up. I was very pleased with the wonderful execution of the fairy tale I remember so fondly. The young age of the actors and actresses gave it a special touch and brought the whole production together. I loved seeing excitement on the young audience faces as the production came to life. My experience as a whole was

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    Modern Day Cinderella

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    Modern day fairy tales function in our society as hidden instructions for morals and behaviors that we teach children. One such fairy tale is Charles Perrault’s classic known as Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper‚ which on the surface seems to be a magical story about a young woman who is forced to live as a servant in her own home due to her evil stepmother and stepsisters‚ but then is ‘rescued’ by her Prince Charming. However‚ the story tends to perpetuate numerous gender roles and stereotypes

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    The Ugly Duckling

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    Andersen In 1843 Hans Christian Andersen published a literary tale he titled “The Ugly Duckling.” Already an accomplished storyteller‚ Andersen used his own life as a template; the story of the duckling who eventually becomes a swan mirrors Andersen’s own rise from working class plebe to celebrated author and poet‚ and while the journey of the duckling also resembles the blossoming of Perrault’s Cinderella‚ the bildungsroman tale that Andersen created is completely his own. Folklore is the product

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    Irony In Pan's Labyrinth

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    The focus of the film Pan’s Labyrinth is a girl named Ofelia in her task of moving onto another realm. The film focused on Ofelia’s journey through mythical situations on her quest. Ofelia is helped on her journey by a fairy who attempts to assist her on her journey to the underground realm. The narrative element of the film’s setting contributed much to the story. The setting of revolutionary Spain adds a compelling backdrop to Ofelia’s journey. One symbol that stood out to me is the Labyrinth described

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