Giambattista Basile

Author Stephen King once said, “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” I love this quote because it rings true to me. As a little girl, I remember opening the pages of my favorite fairytale and becoming part of the story. I was the princess waiting for my knight in shining armor. or the peasant girl waiting for my fairy godmother to come and turn my life right side up. Everything seemed real—I didn’t know why—but it did. It wasn’t until recently that I learned of the magic authors created…

The original Brothers Grimm fairy tales include a variety of stories, some of which include violent scenes. Some believe that children should be kept from these stories; they say that adolescents should only read a sanitized, more appropriate version of them. They argue that the main message of the stories are still present without the violence. Some, however, say that children should be taught the original stories. They claim that letting kids read these stories at a young age will introduce…

Cinderella with a Y Chromosome Fairy tales have been communicated to one another for centuries; they all tell a story of each culture’s views by the way people convey it. There are many diverse fairy tales, but one of the most iconic, which has been around for a long time, is Cinderella. One version from the 1960s is a film entitled Cinderfella. In this comedy, Jerry Lewis plays Cinderfella, a male Cinderella. I chose this text because I feel it is a good example of Linda Parsons’ reference to…

Fairy tales have been shared around the campfire, in homes, in schools, and before bedtime for centuries. First told orally, these stories were passed down from generation to generation until they were eventually written down and collected for consumption by the public. Due to the passing of time and fallibility the stories have changed throughout the years and slightly differ from culture to culture, however, Stories such as Cinderella can be found in historical records from as far back as the…

Who were the Grimm brothers and how did they affect fairy tale history? The brothers Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm and Wilhelm Karl Grimm were German folklorists and linguists, most famous for collecting fairy tales and other folklore. Born on January 4 in 1785 and on February 24 in 1786, they were the two oldest children of Philipp Grimm, a lawyer, and Dorothea Grimm. They have had a huge influence on fairy tale history. The brothers studied legal studies like their father, but were inspired by…

COMPARATIVE ESSAY ON ANGELA CARTER’S COMPANY OF WOLVES AND A.S. BYATT’S BAGLADY Milada Curtner Highlights of British Literature: Final Essay December 20, 2014 We all grew up loving fairytales told by our grandmothers who shared with us the ancient myths. That is why post-modern fairytales “Company of Wolves” by Angela Carter and “Baglady” by A.S. Byatt were selected for this essay. Although the heroines in The Company of Wolves and Baglady are two very different women and experience very…

The Brothers Grimm version of the fairy tale “Cinderella” is a perfect example of a person’s journey from dark to light, or, as Tatar says it, “a way out of the woods back to the safety and security of home.” (Behrens and Rosen 254) While there are many versions of the story across different cultures, this variant describes the journey not only for Cinderella, but for the desired path of the stepsisters as well. The idea of Cinderella being a story of a journey comes from Tatar’s idea, which is…

The story of Sleeping Beauty is an enthralling fairytale about a girl who was cursed by a malicious villain named Maleficent. This fairytale has provided the basic definition of good and evil -- that is, until the live action film, directed by Robert Stromberg, appeared in 2014. Maleficent begins with a flashback to her childhood years, and progresses through her teenage years straight to adulthood. Through this progression, Maleficent meets Stefan, whom she believes to be her true love, but is…

Im guessing you have all read the disney cinderella. Did you know there is another Cinderella though. The other Cinderella is the Grimms Cinderella. The Grimms Cinderella is the original. It is darker than disney's Cinderella. The differences between grimm's Cinderella and disney's Cinderella are striking and they deserve thorough examination In both Cinderellas the sisters are evil. They are evil on the outside and inside. No matter what the sisters look like they are just pure evil. In…

For my independent reading selection, I have chosen "The Red Queen", by Victoria Aveyard. I just got the book for Christmas and read it two days ago. It held my attention very well, with humor and other attributes. It's a very unique book, as far as I know. The sequel, and the prequels, are just as good. The Red Queen, a book about a girl named Mare Barrow, shows a journey from living in "The Stilts", Mare's hometown, to Mare living in a palace, betrothed to a prince named Maven, who is…