Disney movies portray the Little Mermaid to be a glorious‚ and exciting fairytale romance that was completely altered to shelter children while still trying to teach them valuable lessons that they could use in their everyday lives. Ariel in the Disney version learned not to trust weird strangers‚ follow her heart‚ value your family‚ get creative‚ etc. However‚ the original story tells of more gruesome punishments to Sirenetta’s curse that taught her a lesson forever; Sirenetta’s grandmother gave
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Byatt’s enticing tales of a dark forest‚ monsters and two little girls creates a fantasy or fairy tale that keeps you on the edge of your seat. The fairy tale starts out with two little girls meeting on a train with other evacuees heading to an unknown place. Penny and Primrose‚ who became fast friends on the train reconnected later in their adult life. When they met again the two girls attached themselves to each other just like the time they met on the train. The children were told to play until
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Cinderella Essay Cinderella thought it was easy to be a princess‚ Not knowing she still had to know the basics of cleaning around the house. Cinderella spent her days lounging in the garden and singing to the wildlife. She had no worries and certainly no realist view of her future. Fortunately‚ her stepmother cared so deeply for Cinderella’s future that she carefully prepared her for life outside of her childhood home. Cinderella’s mother behaved as any responsible parent should. Cinderella
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In Shira Feder’s article‚ “Slamming the Door: An Analysis of Elsa(Frozen)”‚ the author focuses on Elsa’s impact on the traditional Disney princess outlook. Moreover‚ the author attributes this change to the new look and factors of her character‚ in the perspective of a feministic view. In addition‚ she briefly touches on her humanity and relate-ability to the audience as a factor. This aspect should have been discussed further and made the center of Feder’s critique‚ because it plays a crucial role
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Are all of children around the world told the same Cinderella? Of course not. According to “Cinderella” there are 340 to more than 3000 versions of Cinderella around the world (1). However the most popular version of Cinderella is Disney’s version‚ the oldest version is Chinese version called Yen-Shen. Both of them are based on Cinderella theme‚ but they were written by two different cultures between Western and Eastern. Therefore‚ they have some major differences in how the poor girl gets shoes
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7 Cinderella; oppressing or inspiring? Most fairy tales share common themes‚ characters‚ and similar atmospheres. In the two versions of Cinderella‚ the French “Cinderella” and the German one “Aschenputtel”. They are both centered around a girl who is “swept off her feet” by a dashing prince. Some critics state that these fairytales are oppressive to women. These fairytales are not oppressive to women. A girl’s upbringing and characteristics may be shaped by the literature they have read. The
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Maria Tatar’s new point of view on the famous old tales is that fairy tales served as a window into the world of grown-ups‚ providing a safe perch from which to explore children anxieties. In order to teach children to be good‚ but first we have to show them what’s bad. By adding some of the lurid staff‚ such as brutally violent‚ wicked stepmother‚ and wife-killing baron into the fairy tales to show the negative side. With parents appropriate explanations and their own cultural translations will
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I do agree that Disney does follow a lot of the Gender stereotypes. In Disney‚ Women have to be really skinny and white to be beautiful‚ which is not true they focus on outer beauty and not inner beauty. They are teaching little girls beauty is being white and skinny that is resulting in an image and standards set for girls. I totally disagree with that and think Beauty should vary and not be just be white and skinny. In "The little Mermaid" many stereotypes are involved involving Ariel and her prince
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There are many different versions of Cinderella‚ most are very similar in some sort of way. Disney Pixar’s version and the Egyptian version are two very similar versions that can be compared. In almost every Cinderella storie no matter what culture there is a slipper of some kind. In the Disney version it was a glass slipper‚ but in the the Egyptian version the slipper was rose gold. The way the slipper looks and what it is made of in these stories tends to reflect on what culture the story comes
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Who on earth would eat a grandmother? There’s only one fictional character who would do such a thing: The Big Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood. Next‚ who would invade people’s homes‚ eat their porridge‚ and fall asleep in their beds? The only person who could have done this is Goldilocks herself. The story of Little Red Riding Hood is about a young‚ naive girl that visits her grandmother to find a big bad wolf in her place. Goldilocks and The Three Bears are about a young‚ stupid girl who wanders
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