Euripides’ Medea uses the personification of the golden dress to symbolize the aggressive power takeovers of the BC Greek era. “She‚ when she saw the dress‚ could not restrain herself. She agreed with all her husband said‚ and before he and the children had gone from the palace‚ she took the gorgeous robe and dressed herself in it‚ and put the golden crown around her curly locks. She arranged the set of the hair in the shining mirror‚ and smiled at the lifeless image of herself in it. Then she
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Once upon a time‚ a charming and super naturally beautiful princess‚ graced with all the virtues that any noble woman should possess‚ fell into an enchanted 100 year long sleep. While all versions of the classic Sleeping Beauty tale depict a sleeping princess‚ and involve some sort of suspended animation‚ little (or no) information is given on the sleep itself. Throughout this essay‚ we will explore the symbolism behind the cursed princess’s enchanted slumber. Through comparisons‚ both sexualized
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Fairy tales help to establish gender roles at a young age to characterize and represent the ideals‚ values‚ and roles that each gender should succumb to. Females are taught to be kind‚ sweet‚ week‚ honest‚ self-sacrificing‚ and beautiful. On the other hand‚ males are taught to be courageous‚ brave‚ saviors‚ and wise. Many of these characteristics are shown in Snow White. However‚ in lemony Snicket’s‚ A Bad Beginning‚ the novel challenges many of these ideas by providing the reader with alternate
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The book Twice Upon A Time-Rapunzel: The One with All the Hair‚ by Wendy Mass‚ is about a girl named Rapunzel getting taken away from her home and the story of her life in a tower and the story of how she was saved. In the beginning of the book‚ it is Rapunzel’s birthday and she is very excited. But all of a sudden a witch comes to take her away from her house and her parents. Her parents try to stop the witch from taking Rapunzel. Rapunzel gets to either stay with her parents‚ but then the witch
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The book‚ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‚ was always thought to be a child’s tale‚ a “modernized fairy tale” until Henry M. Littlefield wrote an article about how The Wizard of Oz was actually an allegory for the Populist era. Littlefield believed that each character and significant place in the book correlated with a person or place in the Populist era. L. Frank Baum wrote this children’s book as a political allegory‚ whether he intentionally did it we are not sure. However‚ the unwavering proof that
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A 1991 animated musical/fairy tale‚ “The Beauty and the Beast” became the sensation for adults and kids bringing out emotions and thoughts from the movie to everyday life. Two completely different personalities come together and find more than what they see on the outside. The differences between them are major and the film is well developed as how it all begins telling the story of both separately but at the same time. The original animated “Beauty and The Beast” was significant because it showed
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Ballerina slippers The dirty ballerina slippers hung loosely on her small feet. The subbing sound that came every time she moved them echoed off of the tall walls decorated with vines and weeds. She smiled to herself. There was nothing more beautiful than nature claiming what used to be theirs. Her little heart jumped in her chest when the threads of the shoes made her trip. The shoes were at least two sizes too big‚ but her correctly sized wellies were thrown into one of the corners of the building
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The godmother in "Rapunzel" was seen as a terrible godmother because she put Rapunzel in a tower to protect her from entering her teen years. She was a great godmother‚ other’s may say because she cared for Rapunzel like any other parent would. She tried to protect her from loosing her virginity and purity because she was just entering her teen years. The godmother showed her love for Rapunzel through protecting her and keeping her safe. The godmothers first step into protecting Rapunzel‚ "...took
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Judging a Book By Its Cover Every person has there own style: what they wear‚ how they walk‚ who they talk to‚ or better yet what is playing in there headphones. When looking at someone’s outer appearance one can usually take a guess what kind of music there listening to. Fashion can become a big part of music. people sometimes want to copy the style of clothes that their favorite artist wears or act the way the person does as well. There are a few major stereotypes of people. Probably the easiest
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Amelia Farmer 9th Grade Honors Literature 27 July 2014 Ella Enchanted: A Hero’s Journey The famous author Peter S. Beagle once said‚ “Great heroes need great sorrows or burdens‚ or half their greatness goes unnoticed.” Everyone has burdens‚ but it takes a true hero to overcome a huge burden. In the movie Ella Enchanted‚ directed by Jane Starz‚ Ella has been blessed‚ or really cursed‚ with the gift of obedience by a fairy named Lucinda. She does anything and everything people tell her to do and
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