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    no conflict‚ and a movie with no conflict would not be as entertaining as other movies. Great villains can have a meaningful effect on the value of their stories‚ but what makes a great villain? An example can be Ursula from the movie The Little Mermaid. I would describe Ursula is persuasive‚ wicked‚ cruel‚ clever‚ tricky‚ and glutton person. Ursula character is very persuasive towards Ariel who is King Triton to get advantage of the 16 year old girl because she is in love a human named Erick.

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    being of Anderson yourself. Many people today in our culture know his stories‚ whether they realize it or not‚ before we are even in elementary school‚ especially if we are American young girls‚ have seen and recognize the Disney movie‚ A Little Mermaid. The true story‚ according to the original manuscript‚ would probably horrify‚ and if you are like me‚ intrigue

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    and graffiti. Pop music is derived from rock and roll music. And Jazz was created by the African Americans and blended elements drawn from African music with the popular and art traditions of the West. 4. The movie I watched was the Little Mermaid. The music is an integral part of the movie. Since the movie is about an underwater kingdom‚ the main song in the movie is “Under the Sea.” There were other songs in the movie that helped make the movie a lot more entertaining to watch. There

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    1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFVG4VfPmg In this scene of The Little Mermaid‚ viewers can see that Ursula is the villain as she is wearing black‚ a color symbolizing evil. She is ‘The Devil Figure’ as she is offering to make Ariel human to help get Eric in exchange for Ariel’s voice. In order to get her voice back and to permanently stay human with Eric‚ Ariel receives ‘The Task’‚ which is to get a kiss of true love from Eric before the sun sets on the third day. Ariel also has her ‘Friendly

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    sometimes results in anger if it doesn’t go their way. In modern society people could see this statement true through fairy tales. Fairy tales always have some sort of antagonist that exerts aggression towards the protagonist. For example in The Little Mermaid‚ Ursula‚ the ugly octopus‚ thinks that she is inadequate and jealous of Ariel’s voice. So she makes a deal with Ariel into selling her voice so that Ariel could be with the prince she loves. This shows aggression as later on in the story Ursula tries

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    before I go to bed. I also loved reading fairy tales written by German authors like Hans Christian Andersen and the Grimm Brothers. Some of which are even made into motion pictures such as Cinderella‚ Snow White and the Seven Dwarves‚ and the Little Mermaid. I even dreamed to live luxuriously someday like the kings and queens did in the story. But that’s far in reality. All these stories finished happily. Some of them even have the same ending like “the prince and the princess got married and they lived

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    For years‚ pink has always been for girls and blue has always been for boys. Parents and family members never really gave their kids a choice in what was given to them. Whether it be color wise or toy wise. Girls grew up receiving frilly‚ pink dolls and pretend cleaning sets. Boys‚ on the other hand‚ were given monster trucks and pretend police officer uniforms. Showing children that it is okay to play with whatever they want doesn’t usually go over well with some parents. Some dads might not want

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    on them. It is said to be just a trope‚ something that is used for figurative language. Described by poets and people from Greek‚ it has become one of the most powerful tropes in Western fiction. It was used in Les Miserables along with The Little Mermaid and even Romeo and Juliet. The day I started to believe in “Love at first sight”

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    Gnostic Semblances in Disney’s The Little Mermaid At first glance‚ the suggestion that Disney’s The Little Mermaid portrays Gnostic themes and characters could seem comical. It is a movie from the early 90’s about a rebellious‚ love-struck mermaid that gets a happy ending. However‚ my first step towards seeing otherwise was recognizing the similarities between Ariel‚ the mermaid‚ and Sophia from the Apocryphon of John. Then I recognized a similar world structure: one above and one below but perhaps

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    Does Disney Really Hurt Self-Image? Does Disney truly affect a child’s self-image and their perception of the world? Do all the fairytales trump a child’s view on what reality is like? Children grow up nowadays with Disney advertising‚ television shows‚ and movies everywhere; this surely impacts their life in a significant way. All little girls and boys see are movies about princesses in distress‚ then a knight in shining armor comes to their rescue. Nearly all Disney movies use this as a basic

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