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    to notified them of their mother’s death and also to make her not existing mother “Long-Cherished Wish” come alive. Her wish was to connect her three daughter together since they were all‚ that was left of her entire family. A Pair of Ticket is a fairy tale story. June made her mom’s wish her own. However throughout her life June has encountered

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    audience in an entertaining manner. Music‚ art or props can be used to make the audience enjoy or understand more the message being conveyed (Dudley). There are many types of stories such as fairytales‚ fables‚ tall tales‚ folklore‚ epic stories‚ hero tales‚ ghost tales‚ trickster tales‚ legends and myths (“History of Storytelling.”). Storytelling has been an essential aspect of human culture since its beginnings. Storytelling can be considered the root of psychology‚ lecture-style teaching and religion

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    Watching That! “Disney princess fulfills every little girl’s dream of becoming a princess!”(Espia 2012). As this magazine tries to get more subscribers‚ it’s frightening that fairy tales dominate the imagination of young children. Fairy tales are stories that teach readers a message and are part of our daily lives. Fairy tales such as Disney princess movies teach children the negative stereotypes of girls‚ reinforce racism‚ and expose children to sexism. “More than 200 million people a year watch

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    Fairy Tales and Reality All of us read fairy tales since we were still kids. We dream about a magical world where there are always justice and happiness ever. Have any one wonder if that can be happen in the real world‚ I may not but the writer Guy de Maupassant did. That is why he wrote The Necklace. The story makes an illusion to the reader that they are reading another version of Cinderella. Every unrealistic magical thing is displaced by harsh reality and we will see what if there can be any

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    The Fairy Tale Tradition Fairy tales occupy a unique niche in the literary world. They are the subject of intense and extensive academic discourse at the same time as they are animated and commercialized for children by major production companies. The identity of the fairy tale as literature is hotly contested. Angela Carter’s view on fairy tales was that they were on the same "cultural level" as classic works like Paradise Lost. In contrast to Carter’s view‚ an experienced librarian at a major

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    Cultural Anthropology Fairy Tale: The Beauty and the Beast The Beauty &; the Beast Fairy tales are short stories which are read to children with the mission of giving them an important message that they will use at some point in their lives. Different values and beliefs are experienced through the stories of different princess’‚ monsters and heroes which give the children the idea that they may encounter a similar experience during their childhood. Later in live‚ adults

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    linguistic background William Jones founded that Sanskrit was similar to Latin and Greek Proto-Indo European : no actual proof this group of people existed Folklore Colloquial definition: is a folktale true or not? Scholarly definition: how does a tale reflect the customs or values of a people Precursors to the Grimms Anne Sexton relation to the Grimms Snow White – Anne Sexton Focus: female beauty Mirror motif Superficial male desire – women is an object of beauty‚ man knows nothing else

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    us‚ the start of something magical. We grew up hearing stories that were filled with magical fairies‚ littles piggies‚ and a frog that enjoyed making out with a princess. These stories allow our imagination to grow and come to life. B. G. K. Chesterton once said‚ “Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist‚ but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” C. Fairy tales help teach kids right from wrong‚ boost imagination and expand growing adolescents vocabulary

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    “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence is a story with a fairy tale aspect‚ but it is not the only story he wrote that can be viewed this way. A closer look at “The Horse-Dealer’s Daughter” shows the fairy tale theme too. Compare the story to classic fairy tales like Cinderella‚ Snow White or Sleeping Beauty and you will see a correlation. All of these stories share elements in common with “The Horse-Dealer’s Daughter.” In the story Cinderella‚ the main character is a daughter that experiences

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    Prof. Keith Walters Commentary to Bettelheim’s chapter on “Cinderella” Let me start off with saying that Bettelheim completely ruined my fantasy on fairy-tales. His contorted mind really made it hard to remember all the beautiful tales from childhood.Of course he is entitled to his own opinions and I won’t argue with that but I certainly don’t agree with a bunch of points he is trying to make. For instance: “...if the child could

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