Charles Perrault

Dr. Ross Rosenberg succinctly compares them to wolves in sheep clothing in his book, "The Human Magnet Syndrome." Savannah Grey paints them as ominous soul suckers in her article,“What walks among us.” The lucky otters heaven blog, who nailed on point by calling them "Body Snatchers". They seem like normal functioning human beings at first. What goes wrong? What makes them so convincingly charming if they’re so vile? The first hopeful questioning of empaths and codependents will always be “Can…

Dainty Fairy Tattoo’s: A Timeless And Classic Choice When we think of fairies we tend to think of childhood books and stories that included these small human-like beings rumored to reside in Fairyland or even at the bottom of the garden. Women are most likely to choose them as tattoo designs as they are generally portrayed as being female and having girlish traits such as long hair, dresses, and mischievous behavior, which make it easy for women to feel an inclination towards them. Fairies were…

Scandinavian Folklore Magical superstitious stories and whimsical creatures define Scandinavian folklore. Tales of great woe and triumph spread a sense of awe to its readers and envelop them with cultural significances. Scandinavian folklore has been passed down for generations with regional customs and superstitions filled with tales of magical and horrendous creatures. Various themes can be found through folklore. It’s themes range from magic, evil creatures, spirits, mischief, lessons, and…

My topic for the research paper will be on The Oryx Multicultural Folktale Series: Cinderella by Judy Sierra. This anthology has 24 versions of the Cinderella folktale from around the world, representing a broad range of cultures, geographical areas, styles, and variations on a basic premise. For this research essay, I plan on contrasting the themes and symbols between some of the stories as well as on how the cultures play a role in them. One of my comparisons would probably include Disney’s…

Every villain that exists is a hero in their own mind. They also all have a background of why they became who they are now. A famous villain is Maleficent from sleeping beauty. Another evil lady is Cruella De Vil from one hundred and one Dalmatians. A third Disney villain is Ursula from the little mermaid. These three Disney villains have their own story of who they are and I am sure they are proud too. A famous Disney villain I know is Maleficent. After she was not invited to a party she…

Although this is considered the main idea of the story, many different authors have given twists to the plot of the storyline. While reading this essay, the reader will find some of the differences and similarities between the Grimm Brothers and Charles Perrault’s version of the Cinderella story. While analyzing both stories I found a difference in the description of Cinderella’s appearance for the ball she was to attend. In Perrault’s rendition of Cinderella, she is given glass…

The Disney Movie Cinderella is a classic children’s movie based on a poor mistreated girl that meets a prince who sweeps her off her feet and they live happily ever after. The movie stars a young girl named Cinderella that lives with her evil step mother and step sisters, who treat her very poorly and as if she’s the house maid, living in the attic. Her father passed away after remarrying a woman and moving in with her and her two daughters. Cinderella spends her days cleaning up after her step…

Similarly, The Little Mermaid and Cinderella are both classic Disney favorite movies about two teenagers that fall in love despite family interactions, parental restrictions, and magical influences. In The Little Mermaid, Ariel wants to discover life outside of the sea and finds herself in trouble with her overprotective father after she ventures to the surface. Her father has forbidden her to go to shore and tasks her with things to occupy her time. For instance, singing with her sisters in an…

This essay is about comparing the fairy tale of "Rapunzel" with the movie adaptation Tangled. The different clothing, the characters and the different settings are going to be compared. "Rapunzel" is a fairy tale from the XVII century, about a girl who has spent her entire life trapped in a tower since she was kidnapped by an old lady witch. Rapunzel is very famous for having her long blonde hair, and because she "let down her hair" to the prince to scape her tower. In the movie there were…

In the book The Chronicles of Narnia, Lucy the youngest of the kids goes into a wardrobe while they were playing hide and seek. She met Mr. Tumness the Faun and she had tea with him. Edmund didn’t believe Lucy and he made fun of her. He then went into the wardrobe to see if Lucy was telling the truth and so he started to look for her, but instead he found the “White Witch”. Lucy went and had tea with Mr. Tumness the Faun again and found out that he was gone the White Witch captured him. Soon all…