capability to transcend the original values of a text‚ recreating them for a modern day audience. The original texts of Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ and Bernard Shaw’s ‘Pygmalion’ expose the societal beliefs of the ‘ideal woman’ and the necessity to conform one’s self to meet these expectations. The protagonist in ‘The Little Mermaid’ finds the importance of changing herself to meet the expectations of the prince whereas ‘Eliza’ from ‘Pygmalion’ takes lessons from a nobleman in hope
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Designing Non-Human Characters Watch these videos of productions of The Lion King‚ Shrek the Musical‚ and The Little Mermaid and construct an opinion about what is successful and what is unsuccessful about each one. After reading through the chapters of the textbook I discovered that creating a character begins with the actors. The actors are the ones who have to be energetic and have the passion to protray the characters to the audience. I do agree with the statement that non-human characters
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Damaris Garcia Professor Winchester ENG – 010-21 November 26‚ 2013 The Myth of Mermaids Mermaids are a myth believed to begin centuries ago‚ in Greece‚ which people still think exist today. A mermaid is an upper body resembling a human and a lower body resembling a fish tail. People still believe mermaids exist today. Mermaids are believed to come from a myth started in Greece. They where first seen by the Arab and the Greek sailors during the medieval era. The myth started in Europe
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09-29-13 Mermaids A Myth or Reality For centuries‚ the myth of mermaids has swam around minds before computer or telephones exsisted. Different part of the World have been documenting mermaids for thousands of years starting with calligraphy writing to illustrations caputured by sailors in old fashioned journals. The recent article by Christie Wilson titled “Hoax Documentary Dredges Up Mermaids” is a summary of the recent Aminal Planet documentaries‚ “Mermaids the Body Found” and “Mermaids the New
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children wanting to be feminine and buy princess dress up clothes‚ toys etc. However‚ many of the princesses are treated like objects and their whole character plot is based around finding a Prince to marry and living ’Happily ever after’. They give little girls unrealistic expectations of looks‚ as they are drawn very unrealistically‚ therefore‚ this is an awful message to send to young girls on body image and loving yourself. However‚ more recently the princesses do have stronger personalities and
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November 2013 Mermaids: Myth or Fact What if I told you mermaids do exist? How would you react to a statement like that? What is a mermaid? Mermaids are legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids have dated back over hundreds of thousands of years ago. There have been alleged sightings all over the world. People have claimed to see half human and half fish creatures. Are mermaids a myth or a fact? Scientist think mermaids were creatures
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Dugond Maybe‚ as a child‚ everyone of you has wanted to see a real mermaid‚ because of all the stories you’ve heard for them. Surely you have imagined this sea creatures as a very beautiful ones‚ and you’ve thought they aren’t real. Actually they exist‚ but their real appearance isn’t so magical as you dreamt. The dugong is a large marine mammal. The word "dugong" derives from the Tagalog term dugong‚ meaning "lady of the sea". These enormous vegetarians can be found in warm coastal waters
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Now‚ March 18.. Clunk‚ clunk‚ clunk‚ clunk. I could hear the tapping of the Captain’s peg leg on the deck as he paced. I could also hear the slightly lighter thumping of my mother’s heavy boots as she took baskets of herbs up and down the stairs. The boots had originally belonged to Father‚ but Mother used them now‚ calling them more “seaworthy” compared to the delicate canvas boots that she used to wear. When Mother and I joined the Silent seven years ago‚ I was surprised as she almost immediately
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Animations The Little Mermaid and Tangled Erlina EKAWATI ABSTRACT After the success of the feminist movement in the early 1960s‚ gender stereotypes are considered as not a big issue anymore. Many people tried to break gender stereotypes especially in mass media. However‚ it is undeniable that gender stereotypes are still imprinted because people have been fed by gender stereotypes from the show that they watch since they are young. It is shown in two animation movies titled The Little Mermaid and Tangled
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years ago the inhabitants of small coastal towns talked of mermaid encounters. All the way back in the 1600’s a mermaid was said to have entered Holland through a dike and she was injured while traveling. She was nursed back to health at a nearby lake‚ and she eventually learned to speak Dutch‚ did chores‚ and even converted to Catholicism. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration there are even cave paintings of mermaids that were painted during the late Paleolithic Era‚ 30‚000
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