Cinderella Castle

Prologue She nods her head briskly, knowing that this was a dangerous decision. Her husband turns to her with worried eyes, uncertain if this was the right choice. The male fairy glides forward with the sprite baby in his arms, watching the human couple intently. His pale green eyes match Aster’s, symbolizing the partnership between the two. The female human carries the child named Eira forward, her bottom lip trembling. She started to question herself, was this right? It was certainly…

Disney produced "Oz the Great and Powerful," and directed by Sam Raimi. This movie was based on the book written by L. Frank Baum. The “wizard” was in the circus and then got in an air balloon and flew to Oz. Shortly after getting there he met Theodora. Her character is played by Mila Kunis. The wizard figures out who the good sister is Glinda and helps her take over the two bad sisters. The wizard helps the people of Oz and at the same time becomes a better person himself. One of the…

comes to mind when one thinks of Cinderella? Perhaps a kind-hearted, compassionate, mistreated girl, who was rewarded with a happily ever after; complete with a handsome prince and an escape from what was meant to be her destiny. Or perhaps she is an idol of what we want to be someday? Abused by her stepfamily, pitied by her animal friends, and “saved” from her own fate -- Cinderella -- the girl who turns rags to riches and pauper to princess overnight. Cinderella is known as one of the most…

In the 1999 movie, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” directed by Michael Hoffman, a girl meets a boy, loses him due to love pollen, and wins him back with the help of fairy magic. Although the plot seems simple, it has multiple elements that it takes from the play and amplifies it so it can sit on the big screen. Therefore, the movie is a good adaptation because it portrays the characters well, conveys the costumes accurately, and makes the play understandable. First of all, “Dream” portrays the…

Substitute Child Over time, fairy costumes have been used by children on the day of Halloween and while playing pretend. Children wanted to become fairies for a day; however, little do these children know that some fairies had the intent to become the children themselves. During the medieval times, a “Changeling”, they would call themselves, were fairies that wanted human attention and affection. The changeling would be put in place of a human child to act as if it were real human being. The…

Buddy and Bubbles One memorable experience when I went to go feed my bunnies. It turned into a nightmare I will never forget. I will tell you all about it. We had 5 bunnies, Batman, Buddy, Bubbles, Mario and Dase and a mom named Oreo, and a dad named Spartacus. My uncle asked us to dog sit his dog named Bandit. Bandit is a spaniel he is black and white. It was a Sunday morning at 10:00 am. I went to check on the, bunnies, all of a sudden I saw a fluffy white thing. Bandit ran back to…

stem from a rich history of oral tradition and have been used to explain aspects of society and culture. “Disney’s Cinderella” by Tennessee Reed captures an older piece of literature and places the story into modern times. The story of Cinderella places her living with her ungrateful stepmother and stepsisters. She is the maid, caretaker, and slave to the women. In this story, Cinderella is accused of “stealing (a stepsisters) dark blue boot-cut jeans and white cotton blouse by Guess?” (Reed…

These Cinderella stories have similarities and differences. One main similarity is they all have step-mothers. But, they all are from different countries of origin. All of the Cinderella stories were written from different time periods. In most of the Cinderella stories there are step-sisters as well. First, the three Cinderella stories were all written long ago. In these stories they all have a Cinderella character. When you read all of these stories like “ Aschenputtel ”, “Yeh Shen”, and…

Disney films are portraying their characters beautiful to set impossible standards of beauty. Snow White and the seven dwarfs by Walt Disney promotes impossible standards as well as other films. Issues with with Disney films promoting impossible standards of beauty are that when kids see these beautiful princesses and princes they want to be just as beautiful like them. The other side of this argument would be that Disney movies do not promote impossible standards of beauty. There are three…

famous are Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel. The fairytales of Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel all…