Fairy godmother

We Are More Alike than You Think! “The king’s daughter shall in her fifteenth year, be wounded by a spindle, and fall down dead” (Jacob and Wilhelm). “Briar Rose” is a classic fairy tale in which a princess is under a spell for a hundred years! I can relate to Briar Rose, because I feel that we have many things in common. “The queen had a little girl, so very beautiful that the king could not cease looking on it for joy, and said he would hold a great feast and make merry, and show the child…

Children around the world have been told fairy tales that arise from their culture. Some of these tales follow similar story lines. Generally a fairy tale has similar characteristics that allow them to be considered such a story. Often fairy tales occur either long ago or in an undisclosed time frame. Additionally, they highlight the problems that someone must overcome and the people who try to stop them. Occasionally the characters are helped through magical means. Some aspects of the two…

There are many different cultural versions of the story of Cinderella. There is only one story of Cinderella that I grew up with and that is the “Disney movie version of Cinderella.” This particular version of the story most people of today’s culture are familiar with and know that it is truly loved by many. However, it is always great to venture out of the norm, and to look for other versions of the story that is so loved by many people. This is such a popular story that different cultures all…

Disney the magical world full of fairy tales and where people can escape real life. Disney helps children and even adults dodge real-life problems. There are many stories that Disney has sugar-coated just for children sake, but the truth is still out there. The Grimm tales are the true and first princess fairy tales, but they are not magical like Disney’s are. It is easy to take someone's story and change it but can they keep the realistic appeal behind it, like the Grimm brothers did. Although…

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, dubbed the brothers Grimm, are credited as the authors of popular fairy tales loved by children and shared by adults today. Both were born in Hanau, Germany, in the years of 1785 and 1786. With the death of their father, followed by a drop in family income, their mother pushed them to study law and philology at the University of Marburg. There, the brothers adopted an interest in medieval German literature and pursued a new career, in addition to their studies. When…

Some mentors are better than others, whether it be fairy godmothers, trees, or even cows! Some can be Good or evil and living or nonliving.The mentor is different throughout all cultures and it reveals how that culture does things differently than others. The mentors are also very different from the French and Russian Cinderella stories. Social necessities are what dictate the mentors. It shows how the people act and how the different social classes are supposed to act. The Russian and the…

with the help of a fairy godmother she is able to go and is strictly asked to be back before midnight. At this ball she meets her prince and they fall for each other but their meeting is interrupted by time and they have to be separated. The story continues with the prince searching for Cinderella all over the kingdom. In the movie Sleeping Beauty Maleficent, the witch, curses for Princess Aurora to die on her sixteenth birthday out of jealousy. However, with the help of fairies, the curse is…

beautiful girl named Cinderella who lived with her wicked stepmother and two cruel stepsisters. Jealous of Cinderella’s beauty, they forced her to dress in rags and put her in charge of all the housework. She suffers silently until one night her fairy godmother helps her get to the royal ball. When at the ball, the prince falls in love with her and she has the opportunity to live “happily ever after.” At least that’s the version most young girls have been told. However, not many have heard this…

stepmother saw Ella in her mother’s dress they tore it up and ruined it leaving Ella alone in the house. Soon after her cruel step family left, Ella’s fairy godmother appears but not in her most beautiful self, she shows up like a homeless person and asks Ella for some water & as she drinks it she see’s Ella crying and asks and as she explains her fairy godmother reveals herself. She turns a pumpkin into a carriage, 4 mice into white horses,2 lizards into footmen, goose into the coachmen, &…

Compare and Contrast Essay Have you ever wondered where the Cinderella movies or books got their plot? Well, it came from Grimm’s Cinderella. The story talks about a girl that is forced into servitude and tries to find love in the world. With the helps with magics, it brings her to the palace where she finds her true love. Soon after they marry. Over time, the story changes, but the plot stays true. Despite bearing some superficial similarities, the difference is between Disney’s Cinderella…