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    Yolen’s heroes and heroines are inspired by fairy tales; however‚ they still reflect the reality which surrounds them. In Yolen’s Briar Rose‚ heroes and heroines are inspired by fairy tales still reflecting the reality which surrounds them. This is seen‚ for example‚ in her characters who are inspired by fairy tales. In reality‚ these characters represent the real life experiences of those who lived through the Holocaust and the heroes of World War two. The heroes and heroines in Yolen’s Briar

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    Fairy tales are seemingly apart of any “successful” childhood. They attempt to show our 5-year-old selves right from wrong - that you shouldn’t leave the ball on your curfew‚ to not trust strangers with apples‚ and to never forget a prince charming will come and save you. Although every infamous tale that I was once told has been manipulated since formation‚ their deeper ideologies such as criticism and hierarchical dominance are recurrent‚ yet transformative with modern times. Maleficent seems

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    certain things carry over? Depending on your age and personal experience‚ fairy tales like Cinderella can be perceived in several drastically different mindsets. As a young child‚ Disney portrayed Cinderella as a magical rags to riches tale where a poor maiden was swept off her feet by her Prince Charming and lived happily ever after. Complete with insightful talking mice‚ extravagant ball gowns and an extremely accommodating fairy godmother‚ the film was enough to make any little girl feel like a princess

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    “Books are uniquely portable magic‚” Stephen King wrote in On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. I quite agree with this view. In retrospect‚ the genres of books which I read gradually varied as of aged. Additionally‚ those books which I have read‚ broadened my horizon and improved my comprehension ability to some degree. When I was a preteen‚ my parents thought that reading as a good habit needed to be fostered from my childhood. Therefore‚ I had bedtime stories since I was three years old. My

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    is that of finding sex symbols in old fairy tales. It is a very easy game to play. Freud is said to have once remarked that a cigar sometimes is just a cigar‚ but psychoanalysts who write about fairy tales seem incapable of seeing them as just fantasies intended to entertain‚ instruct‚ and at times frighten young children. Bruno Bettelheim’s analysis of Little Red Riding Hood (LRRH)‚ in his book The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (1976) is a prime example of Freudian

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    perhaps the most gifted sculptor and painter of all times‚ once said that "geniuses stand on the shoulders of other geniuses." As Michelangelo built upon the brilliance of his predecessors‚ Anne Sexton does the same with her poem "Cinderella". Fairy tales originated as oral traditions and were passed along and sculpted by thousands of story tellers. Each raconteur changes elements in the story to fit their individual needs. Sexton reinvents "Cinderella" as a poem and integrates the story with her

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    Although there are many fairy tales‚ “Cinderella” is a fairly well-known magical story enjoyed and told by arguably thousands of cultures around the world. In the typical “Cinderella” fairy tale‚ the Fairy Godmother magically appears and transforms Cinderella from her destitute state into a beautiful princess who lives happily ever after with her Prince Charming. There are many versions of “Cinderella” from the different cultures that have embedded magic into the fairy tale. The source of that magic

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    published by George Routledge. This fairy tale is one of the oldest and most familiar to young children that inspire them to believe anything is possible. The literary elements in Cinderella include the setting‚ characters‚ plot‚ conflict‚ climax‚ and ending. The setting was in a faraway kingdom a long time ago. The characters included a young girl name Cinderella‚ her stepmother‚ two stepsisters‚ the prince‚ and fairy godmother. The Plot of this fairy tale is a young girl who is being treated

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    behind the villain. (Monk‚ 2014) “A revisionist fairy tale with a wonderfully sharp feminist edge‚ Maleficent features Angelina Jolie‚ pictured‚ in the title role of the famed villainess who tortured poor Aurora in Sleeping Beauty‚ the 1959 animated Disney classic. Everyone knows how that story ends. But viewers don’t really know where it all began‚ and why Maleficent was so angry in the first place. We simply take wicked women as a fact of fairy tale life.” While there were similarities between this

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    Gatsby’s Fairy Lover The events in the Novel‚ the Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgarald‚ can be closely related to the love stories found in fairytales. Every fairytale needs a struggling hero who finally meets success‚ a distressed heroine who discovers happiness‚ and a villain to create conflict. Obvious to the reader‚ our hero is Gatsby‚ the damsel is Daisy‚ and Tom is the villain. Gatsby’s initial circumstances compared to his thunderous success and finally the great tragedy he faces

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