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    maidens who are treated badly by their stepmother and stepsisters. Afterward‚ they are rescued by loyalty. The story’s message is to teach people that goodness is always rewarded in the end. The stories Aschenputtel and Yeh-Shen are both similar Yeh-Shen shares the same sad background as Aschenputtel. They both lost their mother when they were young‚ leave them been raised by their evil stepmother. As the two beautiful young maidens grow older‚ their stepmother jealous with their beauty and grace

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    changed in a little flat in Vietnam. “UGH! I’m sick and tired of your beautiful face‚ Talia! You will from now on do all the housework‚” stepmother Beatrice said furiously. My face formed a small frown. “I will do as you say‚ Mother‚” I murmured. “Now go catch me some fish‚ girls. Whoever gets the most fish will get a new yem (shawl)” announced stepmother Beatrice. I hauled the fishing pole on my back and slowly walked to the Saigon River‚ while my sister carelessly ran ahead of me like a

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    “Ashputtle”‚ a cousin story to the famous Cinderella written by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm‚ is a fairytale about a young woman whose mother dies and whose father remarries an oppressive woman dubbed “stepmother” whom Fromm would characterise as an irrational authoritaty figure. Ashputtle‚ following her humanistic conscience‚ after a series of events finds herself in a position to start her life anew with the handsome prince of the land. There are several key relationships in “Ashputtle” that play different

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    wit and feigns stupidity to trick the witch into standing close enough to the oven so that she could easily push her to her death. “‘I don’t know how to get in there. How can I manage it?’” Gretel asked knowing better (Grimm‚ 188). Although the stepmother and the witch lie and deceive the children into dire circumstances‚ the children nevertheless learn to support each other as a team both mentally and physically. This display of maturity bonds the children and allows them to live another day.

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    Research Essay Fairytales Since the beginnings of the abridged and ‘sanitized’ versions of classic fairytales were publically circulated‚ the design and principle intentions of the fairytale have steadily morphed and changed as society similarly paralleled. Over time fairy tales have been transformed radically as they naturally will continue to do according to the age they are rewritten and reproduced. Traditional fairy tales retold today have been too recurrently rewritten and revised that

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    people have become aware of the people trapped in the castle and Princess Perrotte’s past catches up to her. Perrotte’s stepmother learns of her stepdaughters awakening and orders her to be killed once again but her army soon learns that the thorns will not move. Now the two teens face a decision which is to lower the thorns by mending things‚ and most likely be executed by her stepmother‚ or be caged forever. I believe that Sand’s choices in the beginning of Perrotte’s awaken days altercated the amount

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    Moreover‚ Cinderella also my favorite character. When I grownup‚ I read “Cinderella” which is written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in 1967. The story told that a girl‚ who named Cinderella‚ had to live with stepmother and two sisters after her parents died. She has to work hard every with stepmother and two sisters bullying. Thanks to the miracle help her to go the prince’s party. Then‚ she dropped the glass slipper which is predestined affinity to help the prince see Cinderella again. Finally‚ they

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    Psychology and the Media Research Paper Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Jada Patterson West Georgia Technical College Abstract Psychology has been displayed in media for years‚ whether it is through movies‚ TV series‚ novels‚ one character‚ or all characters. Many times a character from a piece of media will have a psychological disorder. A psychological disorder is defined as “deviant‚ distressful‚ and dysfunctional pattern of thoughts‚ feeling‚ or behaviors” . When authors display a

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    femininity‚ or gender roles. Children can relate to characters in order to identify the proper gender behaviors from the fairy tales. For instance‚ Cinderella is portrayed as weak and powerless heroine in the story. Cinderella is harassed from the wicked stepmother and stepsisters. Soon a prince is appeared and rescues her and lives together happily ever after. There is an issue with their depiction of women‚ which is negative of stereotypes. Fairy tales usually portray that men are strong‚ smart‚ and in

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    with my stepmother for years and things were not getting better. It rendered in my head to ask her if I can go to my friend’s house. Her reaction gave me a sign of immediate rejection. My mother looked at me in a funny way‚ as if I was crazy.Then things only took a turn for the worse. “ Why can’t I go”?.“ I said no”. I thought in my head‚ she had always said that to me. My step mother was just a controlling person

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