Tooth fairy

The myths, folktales, and fairytales shared within a culture tell a lot about the values of that culture. Take for instance the story of Mulan. There are many different variations of the story, yet each have the same general underlying point to the story: a female pretends to be a male in order to fight in the Imperial army, and eventually her true gender is discovered. However, different cultural versions of this fairytale will differ in other aspects of the story. Insights into the culture…

it, the first act flew by, and I was preparing for the second act, where I met the Sugar Plum Fairy and performed my solo for her. The Sugar Plum Fairy, in her rose pink tutu called for the other characters to appear. Standing in the black velvet wings, the Nutcracker, who was in human form, led me onto the stage. I appeared excited to meet everyone, and introduced the Nutcracker and the Sugar Plum Fairy to each other. Time slowed down. My heart thumping wildly in my chest, I swallowed. Now was…

In Prompt 1 we learn on how the effect of fear can change the ecosystem, and how it saved Yellowstone National Park. According to Sentence 8 in Prompt 1, "By the second year, the answer was obvious. In the parts of Yellowstone that the wolves hadn't yet reached, female elk grazed peacefully while their calves gambolled around them. " It was a scene out of a Disney film," said Laudre." The writer was meaning , that the wolves had not yet reached an area to whereas the female elks are,…

Amy Tan uses a microcosm-macrocosm comparison and characterization to reveal the following authorial attitude: foresight can generate success. Chess as life’s microcosm, Mrs. Jong’s candy restriction, and both Meimei’s trivial and crucial foresights respectively reflect the authorial attitude. Tan uses the title, “Rules of the Game,” to portray the mother-daughter conflict as a game-like competition; Tan explores chess, another ‘game’ where foresight typically produces success, as the…

“A tale as old as time”—that infamous saying which refers to the inevitability of the beautiful falling in love with the beast, the inescapable revelation of seeing that which is good in the grotesque. Though the elements of this tale extend all the way back to the ancient story of Cupid and Psyche, not taking on many of the contemporary and recognizable aspects of the story till the 18th Century with Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's “La Belle et la Bete” which then was shortened and…

Synopsis: Tia Mowry-Hardrict stars as Holly: a kind hearted singer who tries out for the open spot in the local but well- known Christmas group called the Snow Belles that her late mother founded. Although extremely talented, Holly gets a call from Marci (Tori Spelling), the group’s leader, who tells Holly that the spot was taken by Marci’s less talented best friend. Determined to star in the local mall’s Christmas Eve show, Holly refuses to accept defeat. Consequently, she gathers a group of…

“Sleeping Beauty” renditions by Giambattista Basile and Charles Perrault over the years, there have been many ways in which the story was told about the original rendition of “Sleeping Beauty”, using the plot and character. With these different renditions written by Giambattista Basile and Charles Perrault, some aspects of this story are more graphic than others in Basile story. Basile expatiated about his love affairs, but failed to appeal to younger millennials in his edition “Sun, Moon, and…

Have you ever wanted to read about a strong cunning girl. Cherry stars in the book outsiders written by s.e. Hinton. Well this is jam packed with facts all about a strong girl named cherry. Cherry is a redheaded girl who meets a boy named pony, they meet at a movie theater and go on a wild journey. She is caring, strong, broad, smart, and cunning. Cherry is cunning because she she says I wouldn't drink it if I was starving in the desert on page 41. Also she smiles cunningly every time she sees…

For this assignment i have chosen two dance production, coppelia and Poetry in Dance. Coppelia is based on a story by E.T.A. Hoffman. It is a three-act ballet that tells the light-hearted story of the mysterious Dr Coppélius who owns a beautiful life-sized mechanical doll. The show had original choreography by Arthur St. Léon, Coppélia is staged with additional choreography by Janek Schergen. The second performance that i had watched was a Chinese dance from Poi Ching School, Hwa Chong…

Evaluation - Beneath The Surface My chosen theme for ‘Beneath The Surface’ revolved around Disney, in particular the movies and stories. The majority of Disney movies are based on other stories that are R rated and twisted. Personally I’ve been brought up with Disney movies my entire life so I felt comfortable choosing this topic since I was highly knowledgable of certain characters and their true back stories which they were based upon. For this project I really wanted to illustrate and…