Giambattista Basile

In earlier eras, fairy tales served as a medium to strengthen feminine nature by contrasting women with extreme beauty or profound evil. Feminine nature deals with an ability women have anatomically that differentiate them from men; childbearing. Although, that doesn 't imply all women must give birth, their bodies are simply structured that way. However, men twisted this idea of feminine nature to take on a different meaning; a meaning revolving around infirmity and submissiveness. Women 's…

The Princess and The Pea By: Lily MacNeil-Kitscher and Madolyn Hodges “A princess is a delicate and dainty thing” sings the prince’s over-protective mother in the story “Once Upon a Mattress,” a version of the fairytale Princess and the Pea. The Princess and the Pea is a story about a prince who is looking to marry, but he will only marry the most sensitive woman that he can find, because only the most sensitive woman is a true princess. This story has been adapted by many authors and…

The musical Into the Woods, by Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and James Lapine (book) is a compilation of fairytales with a unique twist of life’s hard lessons after getting what you “wished” for. The play’s main story line is composed of well-known fairytales such as: Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Jack and the bean stock. These fairytales are all intertwined in order to help the protagonist (the baker) collect all the ingredients the witch has asked for in order for…

"The figures in fairy tales are not ambivalent-not good and bad at the same time, as we all are in reality. But since polarization dominates the child's mind, it also dominates fairy tales" (Bettelheim 9). The purpose of a fairytale is to teach morals in a memorable way. One way to ensure that it is memorable is to include dark, scary characters. The appearance of the characters is essential. Beauty is an important characteristic in fairytales and the bad characters are indicated by being ugly…

Kerilyn Musnuff Once Upon A Time The character I chose is Snow White, in Once Upon A Time, Snow White is much like she is in other versions except some things she does and says are different than the other versions we have read so far. There was a curse put on Snow White and Prince Charming and the only way they could get rid of the curse is by giving up their daughter, Emma. They were to meet again when she turns 28. In Once Upon A Time, Snow White never gets much rest. She is very worried…

The meaning of discrimination is unfair or damaging treatment of a difference in people or object does to the race, age or sex. As in the poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes where he explains his path and knowledge of rivers. The speaker is a member of a slavery making him part of African community and faces racism in American, when “Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans,” traveling the Mississippi river. (Hughes) The speaker in the poem seems to be telling a story for example,…

Every great film starts out with a base. Some form of origination, or a simple idea. The most famous writers that are responsible for Disney’s popular movies are the Grimm Brothers. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were German-Born authors born in the 1700’s. They are most famous for their collection of stories which were published in 1812 called Nursery and Household tales, but were later referred to as Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Initially, the book was not meant for children’s readings as they had contained…

Since the beginning of history, fairy tales have been shared with the intent of teaching a lesson. Incorporating many magical components, these stories have been altered through generations. A great example of this includes the Grimm Brothers publishing of Rapunzel to Disney’s present-day, Tangled. It is proposed that Rapunzel was locked away in a castle for the love of her singing voice rather than her hair in the Grimm version. In addition, Walt Disney’s portrayal of Rapunzel lacks a prince,…

Punishment always fit the crime: An Analysis of Folklore Elements in “Toads and Diamonds” A captivating tale of “Toads and Diamonds” presents in Andrew Lang’s collection, The Blue Fairy Book. This story is a fairy tale as two daughters with different temperaments end up with opposite outcomes. One of the folklore motifs that appears in this wonder tale is the meeting of beautiful younger daughter and the fairy disguises as a poor beggar woman. (Lang 164). The fairy first disguises herself as…

When I started writing my fairy tale for this assignment, I wanted to focus on features such as transformation and gender by creating a story centered on a female protagonist and her journey into adulthood. And throughout my story, a coming of age tale unfolds in which the protagonist goes on a quest to find three items and is ultimately set free from the abusive grips of her paternal figures. I emulated themes from the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella by including certain motifs that are…