Grimm's Fairy Tales

The Darkness Out There The Darkness Out There is a story written by Penelope Lively, she presents the theme of good and bad. Therefore this story starts with two teenagers working for a pensioner Mrs Rutter. Penelope Lively presents the metaphor “Darkness” which represents everyone has a dark side inside them and this theme was projected on Mrs Rutter because in the Good Neighbours Club she was seen as a nice lady and this also shows that although people have a good side, they also have a dark…

The author of “The Story of an Hour” sets up the scene in spring. Spring oughts to be positive and energetic. Everything starts to grow up in a brand new year. When the main character Mrs. Mallard hears about her husband’s death. She acts differently than the normal people. No crying, no screaming, who would rather be alone. As Mallard sees through the window in her room “ the tops of trees that were all quiver with the new spring life”(27), “a peddler was crying his wares”(27) and “countless…

The guardian of the underworld, Cerberus is the three headed guard beast to the underworld, for all eternity he has kept the dead who passed the River Styx from escaping. Cerberus was the product of the the fearsome monster who stole Zeus’s reign, Typhon, and the mother of monsters, Echidna. His body layout was not entirely just a dog he also had the claws of a lion and the tail of a serpent. Often appearing myths Cerberus was known to be unmatched by any power that came to the underworld and…

Disney villain I know is Maleficent. After she was not invited to a party she curses the princess Aurora. Although she seems mean she was not always like that, she was actually a sweet little girl before any of her evilness. She is actually a powerful fairy that lives in an enchanted forest near a human kingdom. As a young girl she becomes friends with Stefan, Aurora’s father, then falls in love with him too. But he later betrays her and took her wings just to become the new king. Maleficent…

The Victorian era was a period of industrialization and changes in everyday life. The Victorian period formally began the year Victoria became queen of England (1837). In fact, the Victorian period lasted twice longer than the Romantic period. Because of this, the Victorian period includes more variety than the romantic era. Subsequently, the period lasted 64 years ending in 1901, with the death of Queen Victoria. Actually, many Victorian narrators and protagonist frequently spread stereotypes…

Within every folktale or legend, there is a quest for a hero to complete. Although the hero in most of these stories are male, there is always a sense of importance with the hero even if they are female. Therefore, in order to identify how the quests differ based on whether the hero is male or female in the Slavic culture, one must analyze both the hero and the quest in the Slavic folktales “Baba Yaga,” and “llya the Murom.” In the Slavic folktale “Baba Yaga” there is a quest presented…

and suffering quietly. Relying on superficial or shallow things to make one happy doesn’t result in true happiness, beauty and wealth are only temporary and can both fade away with time. As wonderful as all the princess movies are and as these fairy tales are fun to day dream about, they aren’t realistic and put ideas in children’s heads of how they should obtain happiness and love, how they should be treated by people, and how they should deal with mistreatment. Happiness comes from within…

Throughout the years, Walt Disney Studios released many animated feature films such as The Lion King, Frozen, and etc. Some viewers have argued that these animated films affect the development of children negatively because of the context consisting of violent situations and disruptive elements such as the portrayal of a “bad” character. Because of the distinctions between the “hero” and the “villain”, some psychologists have argued that Disney animated films promote negative morals to children…

an embittered Shrek is living contentedly alone in a dirty, musty, swamp. His life was flipped upside, down when all the fairy tale beings of the land showed up in his confinement of solitude. From that point on, the journey that Shrek embarked was portrayed through the strong and weak characters, makeup, and costumes. e The characters in this musical all help being the fairy-tale world to life. even though each character has a unique quality ; there are still strong and weak characters. The…

The Tale of Peter Rabbit was written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was published in 1902 by Frederick Warne & Co. This classic tale of Peter Rabbit is one of Beatrix Potter’s most famous. A children’s book that even has the most merchandise made based on the book. This story was one of my favorite children’s books…