Discussion Board #3- Question 2 Cinderella is one of the most popular fairy tales from around the world and there are hundreds of different versions of the tale. “Cinderella: or The Glass Slipper‚” by Charles Perrault was first published in 1697 ‚also known as the Victorian Time‚ “Aschenputtel‚” by the brothers Grimm was published in the 19th century. Both versions of the tale have the same theme of “happily ever after”‚ but the two authors use different methods to portrait that theme. Disney’s
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“Walt Disney’s Cinderella” adapted by Campbell Grant is the retelling of a familiar fairytale. In the fairytale‚ Cinderella is a plain servant for her stepmother and two stepsisters. With the help of a fairy godmother and some mice‚ she transforms into a beautiful princess who captures the heart of a young handsome prince. Then when the clock turns midnight‚ she has to return home and she loses her glass slipper. After the ball‚ the prince then goes to find the owner of the slipper‚ which belongs
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Cinderella is a famous traditional f airy tale. Through years it has become very popular among children around the entire world and it has adopted different versions by many writers. One of the famous versions of this t ale came from Roald Dahl who included this in his famous book Revolting Rhymes. There he fractured traditional fairly tales and he also put a touch of his dark humor by which he is so recognized. To begin with‚ Roal Dahl presents many changes to Cinderella’s t raditional
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Professor Bennett Literary Evolutions 11 February 2014 Cinderella’s Happily Ever After Throughout the history of literature‚ the tale of Cinderella has always been portrayed as a fairy tale that ends with happily ever after. However‚ to some writers the tale of Cinderella isn’t so simple and sweet. Roald Dahl‚ British novelist and poet‚ tells the tale of Cinderella in a more gory and dark way. He views the story in a light different than what most poets and writers see‚ and ultimately the fairy tale
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Cinderella is a primary example of the Graves/Jung stages of characterization. Rather than exclusively focusing on one interpretation of Cinderella‚ it is best to focus on two different interpretations. As we learned throughout the semester‚ the idea or goal behind the fairytales and folklores vary tremendously based on timeframe. For instance‚ the Grimm version ofCinderella would vary from the Walt Disney version of Cinderella. The differing goals of fairytales from past to present are emphasized
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There are many different versions of the Cinderella tale‚ but in all of them‚ there is a prince who takes the Cinderella away with him‚ and they live happily forever. “Aschenputtel” is a German folktale written by the Grimm brothers‚ and “Yeh-Shen” is the Chinese version written by Ai-Ling Louie. They are both stories about two young beautiful maidens who are treated badly by their stepmother and stepsisters. The story’s message is to teach people that goodness is always rewarded in the end. In
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Lowe’s: A Structural Analysis Lowe’s was originally started in 1921 by Lucius S. Lowe in the town of North Wilkesboro‚ North Carolina and was called Lowe’s North Wilkesboro Hardware Store. The first version of Lowe’s had a different product mix that also included notions‚ dry goods‚ horse tack‚ snuff‚ produce‚ and groceries. This was when it was run by Lucius S. Lowe. The business was inherited by his daughter‚ Ruth‚ when Lucius died in 1940. She in turn sold the company to her brother James Lowe
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Cinderella Equals Sarcasm In the poem “Cinderella‚” Anne Sexton uses sarcasm to say that nobody ever ends up being happy and never has that fairy tale ending that they all want. Sexton wants to show how society is under an illusion that all this is real. She is also saying people cannot just become happy despite their good fortune. Sexton uses sarcasm as a way to entertain and portray her points that she is trying to make. At the beginning of the poem she gives examples of many success stories
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Team 1 1. ‘full of foreboding’ Alliterated phrase emphasizes Yen Mah’s sense of anticipation thus arousing melancholy as we’ve already been informed of her terrible life but sympathise with her for what’s about to happen. 2. ‘my heart was full of dread’ Repeated metaphor (there are three figures of speech about her ’heart’) adds tension and makes us see Yen Mah as genuine; ’full of dread’ and ’gave a giant lurch’ implies how intimidating the father is. Learning of this estrangement‚ we feel
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had one either and she changed my whole damn life around. So let me start from the beginning‚ not the very beginning though because I have got other goddam things to do in my day besides tell a story. Once upon a time‚ there once was a girl named Cinderella and at least that’s what they called me. I had the blondest goddam hair you have ever seen and I lived with two stepsisters and my stepmother. I was their goddam maid all of the time and waited upon their every need and ate the crappiest food scraps
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