Band of Brothers

Two classic stories of antiquity are Cinderella and Hamlet. Throughout the ages the stories have gone by different names; Katie Woodencloak, The Lion King, Pepelyouga, or Amleth. Cinderella and Hamlet are essentially the same story. One parent dies, the surviving parent remarries a sinister partner, there is a set of characters that are associates of the sinister partner, the protagonist gets revenge aided by allegorical means, and the protagonist obtains their basic wishes at the end. This…

“Cinderella” and “Everafter” are the same in many ways but here are some stark differences. In fact they seem to be very different. In “Cinderella” Cinderella cried at her mother’s grave everyday like a baby. While on the other hand feisty and didn’t dwell on the past. Secondly Henry in “Cinderella” had to have birds tell him he had the wrong girl. Henry definitely wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer. Like Mrs. Gunn said “you gotta be five levels below stupid if…” you have to have a…

Little Red Cap, recorded in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm, and The Little Girl and the Wolf published in 1940 by James Thurber reflect societal values and society’s representations of gender during the time that they were written in. In the first version of the Grimm’s tale, they constructed an unintelligent and oblivious protagonist to depict the lack of agency of women. They also introduced a male hero to the tale to implement the belief that a woman is always saved by a man in society. However,…

Hans Christian Andersen wrote unique, never-seen-before fairy tales, used his vivid imagination to innovate ways to overcome his cynical view of life and the critics who ridiculed his work because of it, and illuminated the face of creativity; forever changing the fairy tale genre. Andersen is world-renowned for his fairy tales. The most famous among his impressive repertoire include “The Ugly Duckling”, “The Princess and the Pea”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, and “The Little Mermaid”, but…

There are a lot of similarities between “No Country for Old Men” and “Fargo”. The opening scene of NCFOM where Anton Chigurh strangles the cop to death instantly reminded me of when Gaear Grimsrud in Fargo shoots and kills the police officer in the head after only getting stopped for a minor traffic incident. “Money is the root of all evil” is a one of the common themes both “No Country for Old Men” and “Fargo” share. There is also a small time cop whose experience and intelligence pieces…

Many children dream of being the pretty princess in the castle or the knight in shining armor who slays the dragon. According to child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim, these dreams are crucial for child development. Bettelheim presented the case that fairy tales are beneficial to children and their emotional and mental growth. They help them to grow mentally, emotionally, and feel more secure in what their futures entail. Through the use of ethos, dashes, ad populum, and point of view, Bettelheim…

True Grit was originally created in 1969 by Hal B. Wallis and starred the world famous, John Wayne. Many years later is was remade by the Coen Brothers in 2010. The remake featured a very popular actor, Jeff Bridges. The roles played in the remake act, walk, and talk a lot like the original. For the most part, they even look alike! The Coen Brothers stuck to all of the original roles and didn’t add a single one. The way the directors of both movies go about the violence and humor in both are…

Fairy tales and folk tales, such as “The Fisherman and the Jinnee” from The Thousand and One Nights, are common in human culture because they provide hope in dark situations and reveal the inherent fear of death. Humans try to look for positivity in even the darkest of times just as in “The Fisherman and the Jinnee.” For example, even when the fisherman is not having any luck catching anything, on the last cast, he brings in a golden lamp, giving him hope for a better daily income. Another…

Folklore is a collection of stories passed down from generation to generation that include Legends, Myths, and Fairy Tales. Legends are real places, or events in history. Myths are based on religion supernatural being or creators/gods/ demigods. Fairy Tales are children stories based on fantastic element, imaginary creatures, conflict between good and evil and magic. Tall Tales is the exaggeration is so obvious that there is often no question based on truth. The term folklore was foreign to the…

the purpose of fairy tales has shifted from pure male entertainment to didactic children's tales. A particular time period's values are evident through analysis of archetypes found in fairy tales from that era. This theory is explored through the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (SWSD) originally published in 1812, Matt Phelan's film noir style graphic novel "Snow White" published in 2016 but set in the 1920s, and Robert Stromberg's modern appropriation of Sleeping…