Fairy tales

for instance is a classic fairytale, one that many people can recall easily, why? Because Disney made this story into a feature-film and one that was successful, since this movie was what kick-started the whole Disney franchise. “Snow White” is a fairy tale that revolves a…

people know ,love, and still watched today are actually from a darker story with gore, death, and people with darker personalities from the movies and books that are known by many and even though there has been a lots of changes from the original fairy tales there are still a lot of similarities to the books and movies that people know today. One of the similarities are that the meanings behind them are very similar.each movie…

Of the fifteen fantasy novel covers, there seems to be an implicit standard in employing Arthurian and medieval themes among most illustrators. The heavily romanticized rendering of the fantasy story as an archetypical tale with green dragons, enchanted weapons, and gratuitous cleavage operates as a genre identifier, similar to the burly-haired lumberjacks of romance novels. While it may seem detrimental for the genre to don a homogeneous veil, the purpose of collective identity remains. When…

Pan’s Labyrinth takes place after the Spanish Civil War. It intertwines the real world of hardship and war, with a mythical world, the labyrinth. Pan’s Labyrinth is a film, which takes on many myths and symbols from Greek mythology and it encompasses everything from the underworld to femininity all while telling an extraordinary story. The myths of the ascent and descent to the underworld are displayed in the film when Ofelia completes her tasks by going to the underworld. What she…

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…

Comparison Essay: Moana vs. Ariel’s Story For many years Disney has been producing many princess and fairytale stories. Disney has been a making great books and films of our favorite fairy tales and stories. Moana and Ariel’s Story are two of Disney’s makings that became very popular to more young viewers but are still great for any reader or viewer. Although these stories are different, one being a book and the other a film, they are still very alike. When creating these products Disney was…

Believe it or not but Disney did not come up with their own fairy tales. They got the base of many of their stories from the famous Grimm Brother’s. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were German linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who together specialized in collecting and publishing folklores in the nineteenth century (Shojaei-Kawan). Walt Disney first started with his huge success Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and that is how the Disney Company took off (Stevenson 134). Walt Disney…

that are striking. For example, both are obsessed with beauty and are narcissists, and yet they express themselves quite differently and have a distinct impact on society. The fairy tale character and the modern celebrity are both obsessed with beauty and the concept of being beautiful. The Grimm brothers wrote this tale…

According to Jorah Mormont, “It’s tempting to see your enemies as evil, but there’s good and evil on both sides of every war ever fought.” This is fundamental in The Red Riding Trilogy. No one knows how deep the corruption is until it is too late. Those that were thought to be good were evil and those thought to be evil were good. The baddies at no point tried to hide how bad they were or how far they were willing to take things. Their motto was, “To the North- we do what we want.” They were…

Analytical Essay on “The Familiar” The Familiar is a fantasy short story written by Andre Norton. It talks about a girl living in a town who owns a toy cat. Later in the story, she realizes that the toy cat is a real cat with magical abilities whose mission is to educate her about the wyse powers that she got. Noran utilizes various techniques to help the reader understand the magic and the cat’s intention about educating Jesca. First person narrator, inner monolog and a strong relationship…