Sun‚ Moon and Talia: The Story of Sleeping Beauty A princess doomed to sleep forever until true loves first kiss... that is how the story goes right? That assumption would be wrong. The classic story of Sleeping Beauty has been around for hundreds of years. The general idea of the story has remained unchanged but the "how" of the story has evolved over the last 300 years. From the original works of Giamattista Basile‚ The Brothers Grimm to Walt Disney‚ authors have slowly changed the tale for the
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Disney animation movies has been a part of my life since the day I learned to walk and talk. I was also a bookworm. I love losing myself in stories and allowing my mind to travel as I daydream of the make believe places I read about. Aurora of “Sleeping Beauty” is one of my favorite Disney animated character. I used to draw her on every cover of my notebook when I was in elementary school‚ and had her posters decorated everywhere in my room. I remember receiving an Aurora doll as a birthday gift from
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darkness of the cave. As they reached the other end of the cave‚ there came a glimmer of daylight and they noticed a castle. They couldn’t find anyone outside the castle. Then they noticed a sleeping princess at the centre of a maze. She had jeweled rings on every finger. Considering her to be like the sleeping beauty Jimmy kissed on the princess’s pale cheek. Immediately she opened the eyes and wondered who aroused her from her long sleep of hundred years. She told it was an enchanted castle. She invited
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that they are just misunderstood? Sleeping Beauty’s Maleficent may be one of the wickedest and scariest villains in all of Disney’s movies‚ but recently Disney brought out a movie showing everyone more into her character and the story behind the villain. (Monk‚ 2014) “A revisionist fairy tale with a wonderfully sharp feminist edge‚ Maleficent features Angelina Jolie‚ pictured‚ in the title role of the famed villainess who tortured poor Aurora in Sleeping Beauty‚ the 1959 animated Disney classic
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typically rescues her. Many fairytales address the theme of gender roles as well as many others. The female character takes on the feeble‚ desolate role‚ while the male character takes on the strong‚ hero role similar to the stories of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. However‚ Elizabeth‚ the protagonist of The Paper Bag Princess defies typical gender roles as a female character and becomes the hero of the story. Cinderella and The Paper Bag Princess share many qualities‚ but have major differences as well
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downfall is their beauty which drives the femme fatale crazy. We see the same course of action in the second princess movie Walt releases‚ Sleeping Beauty. In this film‚ Aurora‚ our princess‚ is sent away to live in a forest and performs duties the same as a housewife‚ cleans‚ cooks‚ and washes. This was normal in the 30s‚ 40s‚ and still the 50s. It is something that the women of that age can relate too. Also‚ like the evil Queen in Snow White‚ the femme fatale in Sleeping Beauty really wants to
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Sun‚ Moon and Talia is an Italian fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 book‚ Pentamerone. It is one of the earliest and more sophisticated versions of Sleeping Beauty‚ following adult themes of rape‚ sexuality‚ infidelity and murder – far different from the later and softer versions of the tale (Hallett & Karasek‚ 2009). In Sun‚ Moon‚ and Talia‚ Basile uses various references to figures in Greek mythology. These references offer sophisticated portrayals of his characters’ personalities
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I Don’t Want my Child Watching That! “Disney princess fulfills every little girl’s dream of becoming a princess!”(Espia 2012). As this magazine tries to get more subscribers‚ it’s frightening that fairy tales dominate the imagination of young children. Fairy tales are stories that teach readers a message and are part of our daily lives. Fairy tales such as Disney princess movies teach children the negative stereotypes of girls‚ reinforce racism‚ and expose children to sexism. “More than 200
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Women’s struggle for identity‚ unfortunately‚ often continues to be associated with beauty. Young children continue to learn‚ through reading fairy tales such as the sleeping beauty‚ Cinderella‚ and etc that prettiness often leads to success. These stories illustrate the theme of beauty as the key to happiness. Although the paper bag Princess portrays the princess as a stronger character‚ the issue of beauty is still a focus towards the end. It’s so refreshing to find a book that puts the female
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Anonymous Disneyfied Fairy Tales Everybody knows how Cinderella found her glass slipper after dancing at the ball. Snow White and Sleeping Beauty were awoken by true loves kiss and lived happily ever after. The Little Mermaid longed to live on shore to be with that one special person. The thing that people don’t know is that the tales are wrong. Grimm Fairy tales are the original fairy tales dating back to early Germany. Disney took the fairy tales and put their own spin on them to be more appealing
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