A Comparison of Applied Reading Practices Little Red Riding Hood Feminist Marxist Psychoanalytical Dominant There are 3 female figures: Mother is a carer; LRRH is a dutiful daughter; Grandma is a helpless victim. The male figures are: the wolf – a predator who stalks the female child; the woodcutter – who is the typical male hero‚ rescuing the damsel. LRRH is implicitly criticized for disobeying her mother‚ when she was simply exercising childish curiosity. Women‚ especially the
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of cats is not just a frenzy killing that came out of a berserk reaction against the bourgeoisie‚ but it was metaphorically ravaging the bourgeoisie master whom they cannot reach out for physically at least. In the analysis of folklores of the Red Riding Hood or the La Renarde Darnton believes that these folklores help us understanding the pulse of the peasant society of France. He gives an entire overview of the French peasantry and the hardships they endured following‚ which he gives a fascinating
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The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History. First Edition. Robert Darnton. New York: Basic Books‚ 1999 XIII + 298. The Great Cat Massacre with out a doubt has one of the most unusual titles ever created especially for a book about history. Now this unusual title perhaps fits this book better than any other straight - forward title Mr. Darnton could have conjured. You see the text contained in the book isn’t just your standardized‚ boring‚ and redundant view of history
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Indo-European Braod geographical grouping with a common 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
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What is comedy? What determines what is funny to a particular society? Comedy is hard to define and differs from culture to culture. Through out time societies have developed many different forms of comedy ranging from theater and poetry to cartoons and sitcoms. This paper will compare and contrast classical Greek comedy to that of medieval times particularly Aristophanes’s The Clouds and Ysengrimus respectively. These two comedies were composed in completely different time periods (about 500
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Close reading and response to literature Number The Stars -Lois Lowry 1. What are the major themes of this book ? Difficulty of growing up The author Lois Lowry uses the context of World War II as a way of making the difficulties stand out more clearly. The novel focuses on Annemarie Johansen’s personal experiences with growing up‚ but her experiences are common to most young people. Growing up is presented as a struggle for identity. Does Annemarie belong to the world of adults or
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Hessah Alsanie December 04‚ 2010 El Laberinto Del Fauno The tale of Pan’s Labyrinth is one of fantasy and symbolism. It is a tale that baffles the pessimists and over joys the optimists. I believe that the overall purpose of the film was to give us an idea of what it is like to see with more than just our eyes. What do I mean one might ask? To truly grasp this story‚ one must use their eyes to see within the story’s archetypal margins. The story all begins with the eye. At first‚ Ofelia is
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Angela Carter’s “The Company of Wolves” is a feminist and gothic retelling of the classic fairy tale “Little Red Riding-Hood”. Carter’s story involves the werewolf as sexual predator‚ a symbol for both danger and desire‚ over which a young girl triumphs‚ employing her new found sexual power and giving in to the symbol of carnal desire. This is definitely a new twist upon the original tale‚ in which the helpless girl and her grandmother are freed from the belly of a wolf by a passing man‚ as they
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Jack Zipes‚ in his essay "Breaking the Disney Spell"‚ directly addresses the issue of what happens when a story is taken from its original oral form and written down. Zipes discusses in depth what Walt Disney has done to fairy tales and the consequences of Disney’s actions. Zipes addresses many issues‚ including those of context‚ society‚ and alteration of plot. He accuses Walt Disney of attacking "the literary tradition of the fairy tale" (344). While many scholars disagree with Zipes’ accusations
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Summary of The Phantom of the Opera Cristine Daae‚ a young soprano‚ has a unconventional relationship with the Phantom of the Opera. Raoul‚ a childhood friend of Christine‚ comes back to win over her heart. As the tension between these three heats up‚ everyone’s fate seems to rest in Christine’s hands. Who will she choose? Her childhood sweetheart? Or her deepest desire? Begins when an opera ghost terrorizes the cast and crew of the French Opera House while tutoring a chorus girl. He finally drives
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