Giambattista della Porta

Have you ever heard the story of Cinderella? Many individuals have heard one of the various versions of the “rags to riches” story of a girl getting her chance at being free from servitude. Although this is considered the main idea of the story, many different authors have given twists to the plot of the storyline. While reading this essay, the reader will find some of the differences and similarities between the Grimm Brothers and Charles Perrault’s version of the Cinderella story.…

This essay is about comparing the fairy tale of "Rapunzel" with the movie adaptation Tangled. The different clothing, the characters and the different settings are going to be compared. "Rapunzel" is a fairy tale from the XVII century, about a girl who has spent her entire life trapped in a tower since she was kidnapped by an old lady witch. Rapunzel is very famous for having her long blonde hair, and because she "let down her hair" to the prince to scape her tower. In the movie there were…

Brothers Grimm Whenever I think of a stepmother, I think of an evil woman who only cares about her looks, her wealth,and maybe her own children. A stepmother never cares about the child of the person she married to. A stepmother’s main goal in life is to make her new family’s life a living hell. If you are reading this introduction and agree with my first three sentences, you may be a victim of peer pressure in the literature world. The idea that all stepmothers are evil, is a stereotype…

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…