“‘Rapunzel‚ Rapunzel‚ let down your hair’” (Grimm 44). Famous words that many people know from their childhood. The tale of Rapunzel. A story that many adults and children are fond of. A picture of a beautiful princess with long golden hair looking out of a tower towards her handsome prince appearing in thousands of minds. Though most of the American population knows the general plot of the myth‚ most fail to realize that the story has changed greatly from the original Grimm fairy tale version. The
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Transitioning on from the perspective of a communications graduate‚ we move on to see how gendered roles are portrayed in Disney Princess movies and how they affect young children‚ from the perspective of a psychology graduate. Katie Lopreore‚ the psychology graduate from Middle Tennessee State University‚ writes about how the influences of the Disney Princess films shape children through their gendered characteristics‚ in her journal Gender roles portrayals of modern Disney royalty: stereotypical
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MGM’s The Wizard of Oz tells the story of Dorothy‚ her trip to OZ and her encounters with a brainless scarecrow‚ a heartless tin-man and a cowardly lion. Featuring Judy Garland‚ this 1939 musical‚ directed by Victor Fleming‚ (Thompson‚ 1994‚ Page 211)‚ has become one of America’s most-loved films because of it’s cinematographic elements and its timeless message in the storyline. Because of its universal storyline‚ groundbreaking use of color and timeless success‚ The Wizard of Oz is the greatest
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Folklore is a collection of stories passed down from generation to generation that include Legends‚ Myths‚ and Fairy Tales. Legends are a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated. Myths are a traditional story‚ especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon‚ and typically involving supernatural beings or events. Fairy Tales are a children’s story about magical and imaginary beings and lands. “What culture
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In Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling‚ many forms of abuse are touched on throughout the novel. Although many of the novels throughout the series amplify abuses in different magnitudes‚ the fourth book in particular has many different kinds of abuse that are very apparent. Some are glossed over quickly‚ while others are much more intense. Analyzing instances of abuse and how it is dealt with gives the reader greater insight on the magical world. Three specific instances include house
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Bruno Bettelheim‚ author of The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales‚ explains that children’s minds work differently than an adults mind. He argues that children are searching for moral guidelines in order to have a foundation to cope with life’s inevitable problems. He believes that fairy tales‚ rather other texts‚ supplies children with that foundation. He also believes that adults should read The Grimm’s version of stories to their young children as a way teaching them
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By listening to all of speeches that were presented in class‚ I was able to hear that in Natalie’s speech‚ we both mentioned how people stereotype females when playing sports as she had mentioned that the movie Shes the man quoted‚ ‘Girls aren’t as fast‚ strong or athletic than boys’ and I have mentioned that we stereotype girls at sports as we assumed they run in a crazy matter and are worrying about their hair. Both Melanie and I also stated that we stereotype boys and girls in Disney films. This
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Alice in Wonderland is a well known book throughout the world. It was written by Lewis Carroll in 1865. This book was the first book in his series Adventures of Alice in Wonderland‚ the sequel is Through the Looking Glass which is also being made into a movie this year. Alice in Wonderland reached out to people of all ages but was mainly aimed at the children’s audience. This book supplies an abundance of amazing imagery for the kids to go into her world as they read through her adventures. Since
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Wolves. Humans changing into wolves. A high school girl who was attacked. A wolf boy. The Minnesota winter. These things are all very important to the story of Sam and Grace in Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater. Grace is a high school girl who has an obsession with the wolves in the woods behind her house‚ even though she is attacked by them when she as a young girl. This only made her interest in the wolves grow. There is one wolf in particular who she remembers clearly and who she is very found of. The
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Should fairy tales be read to children? Yes‚ I believe fairy tales should be read to kids. The reason I say this is because reading fairy tales encourage imagination and teaches kids several things. One of the reasons why fairy tales promote imagination are the characters in fairy tales. For instance‚ princesses and heroes. Fairy tales tell stories of daring heroes going to rescue a princess or better yet a princess who goes and protects her kingdom. Magic is also mentioned in fairy tales and what
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