Brothers Grimm

Prince Hans, voiced by Santino Fontana, was introduced as Anna’s love interest, but later revealed to be the villain. I heard a theory that Hans was based off the mirror in “The Snow Queen,” and there is a little bit of evidence to support this. His personality and motivations are constantly changing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSLv9cYOA6M He’s upbeat and awkward when he’s with Anna, he’s quiet when he’s with Elsa, he throws his weight around when he’s with the diplomats, and he even shows…

The fairy tale “Lil Red Riding Hood” By Ronald Blackwell is a modern version of Little Red Riding Hood with a twist. Similarly to the traditional version, this modern fairy tale displays how men seek women. What really sets this modern version apart from the traditional version is the tone that this story is written in. This version of Little Red Riding Hood is written in a seductive tone and Blackwell has the wolf telling the story from his point of view. Unlike the traditional version where…

Cinderella, Snow White, Barbie, even the famous Muppets TV show have a slightly hidden message within them regarding what is perceived as beautiful. Miss Piggy with her voluptuous figure and beautiful dresses presents herself as a legendary puppet diva giving bits of advice about makeup and fashion while influencing children about what is perceived beautiful and fashionable. We are presented from a young age with images of what the society considers beautiful and aesthetic. The reality…

Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility has been a literary classic since it was published in 1811. Because of this, it has been adapted several times throughout the years, including a theatrical performance in 2017. This performance changed the story in many different and unusual ways, some of which consist of making Mrs. Ferrars (the mother of deuteragonist Edward Ferrars) into a hand puppet because they did not have enough actors to play all the roles. However, among its many differences there…

that he may become the most powerful man in New Orleans and transform the prince into a frog. On the other hand, religion views man as dependent upon the powers outside of his sphere of influence and demands some form of submission as shown with Brother Bear when Kenai becomes a bear after killing Koda’s mother, he has no control over this transformation, the powers beyond do (11,…

Furthermore, in both articles, they discuss the aspect of innocence the victims of the tricksters have. In Tatar she mentions Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist of the series The Hunger Games, to have “compassionate intensity and sexual innocence” (465). In Gilbert and Gubar Snow White‘s “absolute chastity, her frozen innocence, her sweet nullity” are what compose her innocence (390). However, despite both articles discussing how the characters portray innocence Tatar and Gilbert and Gubar idea…

In the book We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart, there were many aspects of the story's that were not essential to complete this book, yet were added anyway to add flavor to the book and conceal the story’s ending until you get to the end, which ties everything back together. One of the aspects was in the way she uses fairy tales. In this book, every so often the author starts out the chapter with a fairy tale, in the beginning; it is harder for the reader to understand why that the fairy tales are in…

are able to overcome the horrific fangs that the world is trying to bite with. Many of these lessons are very applicable to our everyday lives, as seen through author and doctor Valerie Gribben. The title of her passage, “Practicing Medicine Can Be Grimm Work,” uses a…

Most people who watch films and read stories would say that the movie adaptation is frequently different from the book. The fantasy novel, Howl’s Moving Castle, by British author Diana Wynne Jones, first published in 1986 by Greenwillow Books of New York, is no exception to this statement. Sophie, the main character, is the eldest of three daughters and “In the land of Ingary…it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest,” (Jones 1). Early in the tale, she gets transformed into an old lady…

Willowthaus, the daughter of Hades and Persephone, was a beautiful, strong, and mischievous young woman. She was conceived during the winter months while Persephone was in the underworld with Hades, and then born in the Springtime on Earth while Persephone was with her mother Demeter. Demeter was so happy that Persephone had a child, but feared for what her life would be like in the underworld. After a great deal of reckoning, Persephone agreed to let Willowthaus stay on Earth to be raised by…