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    Crazy Beautiful

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    she was raised (nurture)‚ and the abuse of alcohol. Genetics is a source of illness because of her mother‚ who committed suicide. The manner in which she was raised is also a factor because she has no limits and can do anything‚ and her father and stepmother seem like they try to disrespect to her throughout the movie. Lastly‚ the abuse of alcohol is a problem because instead of attacking her problems straight on‚ she is diverted by alcohol. Secondly‚ It appears as though Carlos has a much more difficult

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    Ashputtle

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    following there was a three-day celebration for the prince to select a bride of his choosing. Ashputtle pleaded with her stepmother to allow her to attend the ball with her sisters‚ but the stepmother‚ not wanting her to attend‚ created time-consuming chores.  With the assistance of her feathered friends Ashputtle completed the tasks as requested.  Despite Ashputtle’s efforts‚ her stepmother still denied her permission to attend the event.  Ashputtle ran to her mother’s grave and wept.  A bird in the tree

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    Evil Under The Sun

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    Christine  Redfern  and  a  neglected  stepdaughter  Linda  Marshall. They  have  a  motive  to  work  together  as  they  cannot  accept  the  fact  that  Arlena  was  able  to  play with  the  men  of  their  live’s  emotions  and  be  such  a  cruel  stepmother  and  the  only way to stop that  is  murder.    Outrageously  flirting  in  front of  many eyes  including Arlena’s stepdaughter and Patrick’s  wife‚  there  was  no  question   why  jealousy and  hatred could be a powerful motive that could have 

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    Grief In Frankenstein

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    The novel Frankenstein‚ written by Mary Shelley‚ is a romantic/gothic classic with strange similarity to Mary’s own personal life: the losses‚ the stages grief‚ the heartbreak‚ all relating back to life of Mary Shelley. Oddly enough‚ her own life experiences are what she uses as building blocks for this story line and creatively worked into the character own personal lives throughout the novel. Is this just a coincidence or was this book written for her own personal therapy session? This novel is

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    Queen Step-Mother Mirror Huntsman Snow White Dwarf 1 Dwarf 2 Dwarf 3 Dwarf 4 Dwarf 5 Dwarf 6 Dwarf 7 Prince Guard Script: Narrator: Once upon a time‚ a king and queen ruled over a distant land. One winter day‚ the queen was doing needle work while looking through the window‚ when a bird flew by distracting the queen and she pricked her finger. A single drop of blood fell on the snow outside her window. As she looked at the blood on the snow she said

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    In a much different telling of a classic tale than the one many are accustomed to‚ Anne Sexton’s poem‚ “Cinderella”‚ takes the tone of the original story of Cinderella written by the Grimm Brothers. Sexton uses examples that mirror situations that occur in the Grimm’s traditional version. These examples are all synonymous with what has become to be known as the stereotypical “Cinderella story”. Throughout the poem‚ the author also makes the refrain “that story” (5‚ 10‚ 21‚ 109)‚ which directly refers

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    Bruno Bettelheim

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    Sigmund Freud. In this story he compares sibling rivalry with the story of “Cinderella”. We all know the story of “Cinderella”‚ who stepmother and stepsisters would make her do all the work‚ cleaning‚ sewing‚ everything‚ while they would just sit back and make demands of her. He believes that the mistreatment of Cinderella by her stepmother and stepsister’s were just plain sibling rivalry. In this instance of course it would be step – sibling rivalry. In this story he relates

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    clearly was hard time and place to grow up. Not only living in a poor area of town‚ Rose had a strained relationship with her stepmother‚ as Munro describes “she could not stand to know any more‚ about her father‚ or about Flo”. The character Munro has created makes the reader feel compassion and sympathy for her. She is a child‚ acting the way children do‚ with a stepmother

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    Genre in Cinderella

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    story also reflects cultural expectations of women’s behaviors and goals and defines expectations of “goodness” for women. The story shows us that society expects women to be passive. Cinderella patiently suffers under all kinds of abuse by her stepmother and stepsisters without any complaint. She is “busy with sweeping‚ cleaning‚ washing‚ and dusting” (5) but does nothing in response but sing about “dreams of happiness that she hoped would come true” (6). She merely wishes for things to change

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    Lizzie Borden

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    to be at the house at the time of Abby’s death. To commit both murders‚ an intruder would have had to hide in the house for an hour or two‚ leaving and then returning without being seen. Lizzie also claimed to have been downstairs at the time her stepmother was violently

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