ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISNEY PRINCESS FRANCHISE SAMANTHA GARCIA HARMON 05/04/2012 Princess themed fairytales have great influence on children’s books‚ movies‚ and television shows. In 1937 Disney released ‘Snow White and the seven dwarfs’ the first full length cell-animated film in motion picture history. It is based on the Brothers Grimm German fairytale‚ and it is also the debut of Disney’s very first marketed princess. Since then Disney has created their own princess line using characters from
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Princess Astra of Armonia was supposed to choose a husband on her fifteenth birthday in order to reclaim her kingdom when her father eventually died. But the young princess did not want to get married so she fled her kingdom. The King in his despair called upon the Gods to send him help to find his daughter. The king was a strong and loyal worshipper of the Gods so they listened to him. Zeus sent is half mortal daughter Chróma‚ a young painter‚ to help the King search for his child. Chróma did not
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the West‚ with transmutation of elements or a search for eternal life‚ it has rich historical roots in religion and has tussled with it‚ especially in the form of the ideals of Catholic scholars during the Middle Ages. It is believed to have originated in Hellenistic Egypt‚ and closely tied to Hermes Trismegistus‚ likely a combination of the Egyptian god Thoth‚ and Greek god Hermes (Budge 414-415). The transmission of alchemy to Medieval Europe is believed to have occurred in the early twelfth century
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Medieval English Literature (ca 700-1485) Those Who Pray‚ Work‚ and Fight |It is well known that in this world |and defend our land against an invading army. | |there are three orders‚ set in unity: |Now the farmer works to provide our food‚ | |these are laboratores‚ oratores‚ bellatores. |And the worldly warrior must fight against our foes‚ | |Laboratores are those who labor for our living;
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20 Medieval superstitions 1. It was general belief that witches were associated with bats and that if someone spotted a bat‚ it was considered bad luck. 2. Another superstition was that they thought horses repelled witches; therefore‚ witches rode brooms or pitchforks instead. 3. If a child rode on the back of a bear‚ he or she would be protected from whooping cough. 4. The lucky horseshoe came from the belief that horses repelled witches. They would hang horseshoes that were removed naturally
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upon a time‚ there was a princess named Emmaline. Emmaline’s mother had died when she was young‚ and so her father the king doted on her and catered to her every whim. However‚ life in the kingdom was far from perfect. An evil witch‚ angered by the king’s rejection of her‚ had placed a curse on Princess Emmaline: On the day she was to be presented into society‚ the curse would come into effect‚ and then she would then be plagued with the worst of luck for the rest of her life. Upon hearing this‚ the
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Andrew Ray English 205 3/5/2012 Antifeminism in Medieval Literature Literature throughout the middle ages was often extremely antifeminist‚ in large part due to the patriarchal nature of society and the lack of female writers. Women were portrayed as vile temptresses‚ whose very existence revolved around causing man misery. This style of writing is strongly evidenced in The Canterbury Tales and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight where Geoffrey Chaucer and the Pearl Poet create characters to
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forest spirit’s head. Princess Mononoke and Ashitaka manage to return the spirit’s head and the spirit heals the land and the prince’s curse. The princess goes back to the forest and the forest starts to grow back after the whole ordeal. Spirits are the main focus in both Princess Mononoke and Kojiki. Both stories are based around these “spirits” and are seen as the guiding force of their worlds. An example of this can be seen when the spirits fight back against the humans in Princess Mononoke. Similarly
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Growing up I had my fair share of princess movies and of course the Princess Bride. We used to watch it all the time at my babysitters and it easily became one of my favorite movies. The characters were so interesting to my 8 year old self. They were all so brave and beautiful that I never knew what was going to happen next even if it was the third time I had watched it that day. But as I grew up‚ just as much of other things I grew out of‚ I saw the the Princess Bride for what it truly is. The characters
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Although some may believe that catapults were only utilized during the Medieval times‚ catapults have long been a part of history and have been diversely built by a number of civilizations. A catapult is a machine that fires projectiles by storing and quickly releasing energy. Catapults originated from the crossbow. As the crossbow increased in size‚ the weapon evolutionized into a machine‚ and the increase in size brought on changes in operation. The earliest known catapults were built and launched
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