Franisha Lora Mootz S_flmootz@pstcc.edu English 1020 Paper 1 February 28‚ 2008 Word Count: 1088 Words Quoted: 25 Hansel and Gretel Deep‚ deep‚ into a far away forest lived a poor man with his wife and two children. His daughter’s name was Gretel and his son’s name was Hansel. Hansel and Gretel had a wicked stepmother that did not like the children and wanted to get rid of them. The stepmother was very selfish and did not care about the well being of the children at all. The family
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Darkness" The speaker begins his poem as a “dream” but “not all a dream” (line 1)‚ immediately casting doubt upon the narrative to follow. The poet then imagines the end of the world through a series of natural‚ social‚ and possibly supernatural events. The gloomy‚ cold earth wanes for weeks or months‚ long enough for men to “forget their passions” (line 7) and turn their hearts only to survival or despair. To stave off the darkness‚ they burn everything they can‚ including their homes. Both
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holding our hearts together through long periods of separation‚ it had the effect of making us tolerant of each other’s yarns—and even convictions.” (Conrad 1) In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness‚ Marlow is a sailor who is telling his story to his fellow boatmen when traveling to a port in Africa up the Congo River. When talking to the people he encounters one name keeps popping up‚ Kurtz‚ who is called a protégé. The Europeans trying to
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alone two children‚ but I was interested in the journey that would bring them there‚ the conversations they would have and the necessary end I felt their story would reach Describe the relationship between Bruno and Gretel? (15 pts.) At first in the story Bruno does not like Gretel and she doesn’t like him back. But as the story progresses they both gain respect‚ and trust for one another. but near the end they have ended up to pretty much
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C. Jolley ENG/125 July 31‚ 2013 Dr. Ozichi Alimole Reaction Paper-Non-Fiction Having traveled a great deal since birth‚ partly due to my father being in the Air Force and the rest is blamed on some gypsy spirit residing deep within‚ much of Gretel Ehrlich’s story‚ “About Men” resonated with me. I understood her loneliness for places once visited‚ and the need to find solace in the now places as she did while on the New York Subway searching for posters of Cowboy’s. “What I am aching to see
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Gebben 1 Alex Gebben Professor Ayres Intro to Research Writing 30 September 2013 Hansel and Gretel How would you feel if you knew that the story you have been told as a kid over and over again means something completely irrelevant to what you thought the story was about; because you ’re about to find out. The story‚ “Hansel and Gretel”‚ has been a classic fairy tale for a very long time‚ and has been told over and over again. There are many different versions of this story‚ and it has been
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Rewrite a Hansel and Gretel Hansel and Gretel sat by the fire‚ and when noon came‚ each ate a little piece of bread‚ and as they heard the strokes of the wood-axe they believed that their father was near. It was not the axe‚ however‚ but a branch which he had fastened to a withered tree which the wind was blowing backwards and forwards. And as they had been sitting such a long time‚ their eyes closed with fatigue‚ and they fell fast asleep. Hansel woke up shortly thereafter and as he lay there
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Jacques Epangue English 101‚ 9M2 Professor Rolando Jorif Spring 2013 The Narrative In “About Men”‚ by Gretel Ehrlich‚ the author describes cowboys like men who seem to have trouble communicating with and relating to women‚ yet cling to an "adolescent dependency" on women to take care of them. This trouble of communication with women can be perceived by others as a sign of weakness even a lack of virility. However‚ according to Ehrlich it may be because of historical and geographical
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portrayal of female figures. They show what at first sight appear as inept and powerless characters develop into not only active characters‚ but authentic heroins. This paper aims to demonstrate how both the fairytales “Bluebeard” and “Hansel and Gretel” can be analyzed through a feminist approach‚ and how these text continuously challenge gender stereotypes and construe a new narrative of femininity. The story
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The story of Hansel and Gretel is about a pair of siblings that get abandoned in the forest by their father and evil step-mother. She disliked her step-children and thought only of herself.. As the story develops‚ Hansel and Gretel encounter an evil witch in the forest whose plan was also mean and malicious. She plotted to feed them well and then eating them. Events occur and the wicked witch is dead. Meaning they will return home only to find out their step mother is also dead. Continuing the story
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