Giambattista Basile

“ You don’t really need someone to complete you. You only need someone to accept you completely.” (Disney Rapunzel). “Rapunzel” is a folktale first recorded by Jacob and Wilhelm. The Grimm Brothers wrote the story Children and Household Tales. “ Rapunzel” got published in 1812 for Children and Household Tales. Also, “ Rapunzel” is the most mysterious and enduring of all fairy tales. “ Rapunzel has been inspired by a different story, is more violent than the modern version, has a certain culture,…

The Arne-Thompson-Uther folk tale classification system lists Type 500 stories as "name of the helper tales". These tales often feature a spinner who becomes indebted to a dwarf for assistance rendered. The most famous Type 500 story is the version of Rumpelstiltskin published in the Grimm Brother's Kinder- und Hausmärchen, which saw seven different editions published from 1812 to 1857. While the Grimm's Rumpelstiltskin is the most known version of the tale, an examination of stories published…

She felt horrible, unworthy, useless, like . . . nothing. Cinderella was treated terribly and the author did great when portraying that. The author displays the traits of persistence, determination, and hope in this book very well. The author wants us to know that things may get bad in life, but if you have persistence, determination, and hope, life will get better. Cinderella is one of the most uplifting and “feel- good’ books of all time. Cinderella is one of the most beneficial books for…

Literature in this society that we have all come to know, love, and hate, has drastically changed. There could be multiple and various possibilities to why that is true. It could be a change of author, such as how it went from Edgar Allen Poe’s rise of fame as he portrayed his sick and twisted views into stories, to Stephenie Meyer’s rise in fame as she created a timeless love affair that made adolescent girls dream of marrying vampires and werewolves. It could be the theme, such as gothic like…

Do you know a story that is told from much different point of views with the same meaning behind it? Cinderella, the story about a young orphan child who goes to live with her evil stepmother and stepsisters, is one of those various stories. Although there are stories told alike, many are also told differently. In the French story told by Charles Perrault, “Cinderella; or The Little Glass Slipper”, Cinderella forgives her stepsisters for all the misery they caused her and allowed them to live in…

Chapter 1: Dinky’s Dilemma Dinky was an elf. As everyone knows there are many kinds of elves. There are shoe elves, cookie elves, and forest elves, and there are Christmas elves. Dinky was a forest elf. It’s not that he didn’t like being an elf. Dinky, just didn’t want to be a forest elf. For as long as he could remember in his short 12 years of life, Dinky had always wanted to be a Christmas elf. Wouldn’t it be grand to live at the North Pole with Santa year round and make toys? Every six…

Analysis of Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty is one of the most popular fairy tales heard and recited around the world. Some people have tried their best to make this fairy tale disappear from a historic collection of fairy tales, as the heroine was deemed “the most passive and repellent” (Tatar, pg. 117, 2017). However, different versions and film adaptations of Sleeping Beauty has been created for centuries. Hence, this version of the fairy tale that will be analysed throughout the essay has…

Maleficent is a 2014 American adventure fantasy film directed by Robert Stromberg from a screenplay by Linda Woolverton and starring Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, and Lesley Manville. Loosely based on Charles Perrault's original fairy tale and inspired by Walt Disney's 1959 animated film, Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent portrays the story from the perspective of the eponymous antagonist, depicting her conflicted relationship with the princess…

Dragons, witches, princesses, knights. These are the imaginary friends in so many children's lives. For young adults, those fairy tale characters give away to darker characters and more realistic situations. However, what do they all have in common? They live in stories. Two stories that are interesting are The Giver by Lois Lowry, and "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote. When Jonas in The Giver turns 12, he is picked for something special and finds out some secret things. Buddy in "A…

Henrik Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’ went into production in December 1879 and was a triumph in Scandinavia and Germany. It did not garner the same praise in Europe as the London productions (1889) were criticised, the subject matter was interpreted as offensive and the representation of women was viewed as harmful (Worrall). This final interaction between Nora and Torvald is crucial as it is the powerful denouement. The analysis of this scene will encompass discussions of the elements of…