Charles Perrault

Many oral traditions have successfully passed on through the centuries, eventually being printed and adapted into what we know as fairy tales. These tales have commonly served as a tool for the older generation to instill lessons and values into the fresh new minds of the younger due to the stories’ effective ability to resonate with children. The relevancy of their teachings has allowed for many of these countless tales to live on well into the modern era. However, their lessons about…

Killing Wolves The idea of killing a wolf is a controversial issue among many Americans today. A writer and film producer, Sherry Simpson, wrote, “Killing Wolves,” published in 1996 in the Creative nonfiction website, she writes about her experience in Fairbanks, Alaska while in a two-day Wolf Trapping School and the meaning of a wolfs life being taken away. Simpson builds her credibility by giving her personal experience, other sources in her class, applying emotional appeals, and ultimately…

The title of the book that I have read for the book report is Cinderella Cleaners: Change of a Dress. The author of the book is Maya Gold. There are two settings for this story which is in New York and Cinderella Cleaners but most of the action took placed in Cinderella Cleaners. The author chose this settings because it is where Diana found out the ticket and where she went. Diana Donato is the main character of the story. She studies at the Weehawken Middle School and great at acting but…

The Analysis of “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” Provoked by their step mother at the time of a big famine, their father leaves Hansel and Gretel in the woods. They come across a candy house by chance. Its owner hosts and feeds them. Later, she imprisons them and they learn that she is a child-eating witch. They manage to kill her and to escape from there. So is the story of Hansel and Gretel in brief. In its film adaptation , “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)”, the things are a bit…

COMPARATIVE ESSAY ON ANGELA CARTER’S COMPANY OF WOLVES AND A.S. BYATT’S BAGLADY Milada Curtner Highlights of British Literature: Final Essay December 20, 2014 We all grew up loving fairytales told by our grandmothers who shared with us the ancient myths. That is why post-modern fairytales “Company of Wolves” by Angela Carter and “Baglady” by A.S. Byatt were selected for this essay. Although the heroines in The Company of Wolves and Baglady are two very different women and experience very…

The Brothers Grimm version of the fairy tale “Cinderella” is a perfect example of a person’s journey from dark to light, or, as Tatar says it, “a way out of the woods back to the safety and security of home.” (Behrens and Rosen 254) While there are many versions of the story across different cultures, this variant describes the journey not only for Cinderella, but for the desired path of the stepsisters as well. The idea of Cinderella being a story of a journey comes from Tatar’s idea, which is…

Fun Fact The Arctic Fox can be 2.3 to 3.5 feet long. In the winter the Arctic Fox has a white coat in the summer they have a brown coat. Their white coat helps with the cold and with camouflage. They also have a bushy tail and 4 longer teeth and 8 shorter teeth. The male Arctic foxes are protective around the females or around their family. Predators of baby Arctic foxes focus mainly on the them because they're easier to catch. Arctic wolves hide in the snow and wait for the foxes to walk by…

I was taking a tour at Wolf Haven with my friends when a baby behind us started crying. The baby’s parents took it out of the tour area so that it could calm down. When everyone turned back around to watch the wolves, a huge charcoal wolf was looking straight at us. It had heard the baby crying, and even though animals don’t have quite as many facial expressions as humans, he looked concerned. This made me think quite a bit about what we say about wolves. If you ever get the chance, I strongly…

Three drops of blood, three poisoned items, three tokens given for spinning straw into gold, three nights in the wood; the number three woven into so many of the brothers Grimm folk tales. Perhaps it is for the repetition of an action or phrase to better allow the story to become ingrained in a child’s mind. For who doesn’t recall the words little red riding hood speaks to the wolf, “Oh, grandmother what big ears you have!” “The better to hear you with.” “Oh, grandmother what big eyes you…

Standing in the face of what you fear most, you’re overcome with so many thoughts and whirling emotions that stir you around until you’re sick on the floor. The little envelope of your instincts tells you to run, but imaginary chains tie you to your spot. In The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter, Little Red Riding Hood is transformed from this scared, tied-to-the-spot girl into an empowered, unafraid young woman. Her encounter with a handsome young man who promises a kiss seduces her into an…