Colleen Atwood

“A tale as old as time”—that infamous saying which refers to the inevitability of the beautiful falling in love with the beast, the inescapable revelation of seeing that which is good in the grotesque. Though the elements of this tale extend all the way back to the ancient story of Cupid and Psyche, not taking on many of the contemporary and recognizable aspects of the story till the 18th Century with Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's “La Belle et la Bete” which then was shortened and rewritten by Jean-Marie Leprince de Beaumont; the latter version becoming a much more popular and base-line text for future adaptations”(Barchilon 23). The story has been adapted countless times in literature and is most modernly well-known by the 1991 Disney animated adaption. However, not all adaptions agree that the beautiful can commingle with the grotesque. One modern adaptation that obliterates the happy ending of this type of tale is Tim Burton’s 1990 grunge fantasy film, Edward Scissorhands. While the film takes on many of the classical elements of the Beauty and the Beast narrative such as characterization and motifs of compassion and monstrosity, and otherness , it also divests from it, especially in regards to setting, denouement, and moral. When examined in conjunction with De Beaumont’s “Beauty and the Beast” Edward Scissorhands unmistakably takes on the key elements of a fairy tale, but Burton’s divestment from the classic transformation of the beast provides…

add to the story or change it in order to make it a completely different story. Each tale brings a different perspective of another tale which demonstrates all the endless possibilities of how many times if could have had been told, which in my opinion it adds more mystery behind the real story. These tales were later engraved in a miniature castle that Colleen Moore creates in the year 1935. Colleen’s Fairy Castle depicts the idea of magic by illustrating different settings from various…

There Handmaids Tale, by Margaret Atwood. It is a dystopian novel wrote in 1985. The story is told from the point of view of Offred and switches between the present time, and the time before then with the events as to how she got into the situation she is in. The main character 's name is Offred. She is a handmaid to a wealthy family. A handmaid is a fertile woman who would provide the family she works for with children. In the beginning, Offred resists Gilead, the place where she lives. She…

In “Morning in the Burned House,” Margaret Atwood suggests that when recalling the past there is a tendency for a person to desire dwelling in the past instead of living in the present, therefore there must be a destructive force in order to reinforce reality and continue progress. The author of the poem carefully chose the title as it reveals a lot about the entire meaning of the poem. Atwood used words such as morning, burned, and house in the title. Morning might be a connotation of a new…

bare children for the commanders and their wives. Offred only wants to find her family that she had before the war, but to do that she must survive. Survival for her and the other handmaids means becoming an object for another man’s purpose. Red, Blue, and green. These were the colors that told people what position people held in the society that was being built. The commanders and the commander’s wives who held the prestige wore blue. The Martha’s, who were the cooks wore green. The Martha’s…

Food is one of the most important resources on Earth; everyone needs to eat to live. The worldwide need for nutrition creates a massively wealthy industry. Food production is a large scale business, and maximizing profits is the most important element of this industry. Margaret Atwood creates a parallel of this greed in her book Oryx and Crake. The food industry in Oryx and Crake is much more dramatically adulterated: meat and other food products have been mostly replaced with soy, and some…

In The Handmaid’s Tale, we can see that the author, Margaret Atwood, displays a vast array of ways female power is used in this new republic, Gilead. Despite this notable idea that we attain immediately when reading this novel, about the loss of individuality amongst women, if we actually look deeper in to the text we see something that is different. Different women obtain different powers and some, both in this fictional society of Gilead and in today’s world, obtain none at all. First,…

Oryx and Crake, written by Margret Atwood is about a man named Snowman, once called Jimmy; who is living on a beach with a non-human species called Crakers. Crakers ask him many questions about life which causes Snowman’s anger toward Crake, who is their creator. Oryx is a female voice that results in Snowman’s hallucinations. This essay will demonstrate the non-human adaptation that Snowman evolves as he is isolated from mankind. Evidence shows Jimmy’s emotional connection to animals when…

In her Sense and Sensibility, author Jane Austen uses the titular values to analyze the societal institution to which the female characters are restrained. This critique features the presentation of one’s emotions and sensitivities, but more important than what is expressed, however, is what is not. Through the limitations of the period’s etiquette, Austen illustrates that the restraint of one’s tongue may aid in verbal combat, but may also hold one linguistically captive. Similarly, poet…

Motif of Identity In A Visit from the Goon Squad, a variety of characters are presented through each section, marvelling the reader with their unique complex backgrounds that are evidently linked. The motivations and language for each dramatis personae outlines their distinct purpose in the novel, yet their interconnected paths overlap due to one shared attribute, their hunt for identity. Through a psychoanalytic lens, this motif is considered a personification of Jennifer Egan's struggles…